in reply to Eliminating Trailing Zeros

$n =~ s/\.0*$|0*$//;
UPDATE: fixed lack of reading requirements


-pete
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Re: Re: Eliminating Trailing Zeros
by Trimbach (Curate) on Jul 17, 2003 at 14:37 UTC
    $n=~s/\.|\.0+$//
    That's broken. It deletes the period but leaves in the trailing zeros. This is better, and does what's requested: 
    s/\.?0*$//;

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    Gary Blackburn
    Trained Killer

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Re: Re: Eliminating Trailing Zeros
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 17, 2003 at 14:40 UTC
    That is Perfect! Thanks!
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