in reply to splitting a decimal number..

This solution is far from perfect, but it *works* (as long as the number stringifies normally) 

my ($y, $z) = split /\./, $x;

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Sometimes you can get away with doing stringy things on numbers. It can be a time saver if you're in a hurry and out of inspiration.

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Re^2: splitting a decimal number..
by renz (Scribe) on Jan 05, 2005 at 23:00 UTC
    That's close to how I was trying to do it, but occasionally was yielding some strange results depending on the data I fed to it. Anyway, I've got it worked out now.

    /bwb.
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