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I tried that -e -- I know I'm using ActiveState 5.6.0 because perl -v shows that. 
my $x=10; # sets $x to 10
$x="2" . $x; # prepends a 2 to $x
print $x+0; # prints $x+0.

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except in the form you gave. It displays "210". What is the problem?

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(tye)Re9: Getting current versions of Perl
by tye (Sage) on Mar 10, 2001 at 00:37 UTC

    ActiveState Perl 5.6.0 is not Perl 5.6.0. Try "perl -V" (capital "V") and you'll see something like "Locally applied patches:\tActivePerl Build 616". The fix for this bug is included in that patch.

            - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")
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      You seem to be right. But that's odd... why would it be called 5.6.0 if it were not?

      I have build 623, in fact.

      As Douglas Adams said in "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe": "The Door would still be there, even if the door were not."

      Thanks.

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        What version number would you like it to report?? The version number is often only part of the story, which is why there is a "perl -V" option in the first place. (:

                - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")
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