That doesn't seem to be what happens here   (perl -v: 'This is perl 5, version 16, subversion 2 (v5.16.2) built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread (with 1 registered patch....)'   whether the value of $gap is numeric or stringified: 
C:\>perl -E "my $gap = 55; $gap = "$gap.00";  say $gap;"
550
C:\>perl -E "my $gap =\"55\"; $gap = "$gap.00";  say $gap;"
550

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Strongly suggest you explain or correct your latest statement.

In light of marinersk's thoughtful check, remove emphasis, modify language to say:
Suggest you tell us your version of Perl (and show compact version of actual code, as suggested above).

In reply to Re^3: All Calculations Done with One Variable Give Integer Answers by ww
in thread All Calculations Done with One Variable Give Integer Answers by HalNineThousand

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