How to store all 1 s in perl

suvendra123 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

my $value = 1 x 131/ 1;
my $value1 = $value;
print "$value";
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output is coming as

1.11111111111111e+130

But I want variable $value1 as all 1's 131 times instead of e+130

What is the right step.

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Re: How to store all 1 s in perl by Fletch (Bishop) on Apr 08, 2021 at 01:30 UTC
Not that this isn't going to fall on deaf ears . . . You're treating it like a number so you're getting a number. Don't do that. `$ perl -MDevel::Peek=Dump -E 'Dump( 1 x 131 / 1 );Dump( 1 x 131 )' SV = NV(0x7f9a970202f0) at 0x7f9a97020308 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (PADTMP,NOK,READONLY,PROTECT,pNOK) NV = 1.11111111111111e+130 SV = PVIV(0x7f9a97020c38) at 0x7f9a970202c0 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (PADTMP,POK,READONLY,PROTECT,pPOK) IV = 1 PV = 0x7f9a96c1d730 "11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 +111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 +111111111111111"\0 CUR = 131 LEN = 136` [download] The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.	[reply] [d/l]
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Re: How to store all 1 s in perl by tybalt89 (Monsignor) on Apr 08, 2021 at 02:07 UTC
`#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11130981 use warnings; use bigrat; my $value = 1 x 131/ 1; my $value1 = $value; print "$value\n";` [download] Outputs: `1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 +1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111` [download] hehehehehehe !!	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: How to store all 1 s in perl by hrcerq (Monk) on Apr 08, 2021 at 17:27 UTC
I'm not sure if I get what you want. If what you want is to print number one 131 times, then you should just remove the "`/ 1`" part of the first line, as it's treating your desired result (number one 131 times) as a number instead of a string, and as it's a big number, it's displayed in scientific notation.	[reply] [d/l]