in reply to Re: Find nonnumeric scalars
in thread Find nonnumeric scalars

Scalars -7, 4.55, and 10e6 are all numeric. Your regex /^\d+$/ tests only for positive integers.

Update: Minor tpyo

Update 2: hotpelmen has now completely altered the content of her/his original post, without indicating that (s)he has made any changes (note to hotpelmen: this is considered Bad Form on PM).

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Re^3: Find nonnumeric scalars
by hotpelmen (Scribe) on Jan 29, 2015 at 21:08 UTC
    Yeah, you caught me in the middle of my updates. I saved a few times before adding update statement. No preview for updates, that's a problem. Sorry for distress.
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Re^3: Find nonnumeric scalars
by hotpelmen (Scribe) on Jan 29, 2015 at 19:19 UTC
    Good point. Fixing.
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