Re^2: Question on converting big numbers to strings without rounding

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I'm pretty sure perl keeps track of the difference somewhat. That's the only way to explain the existence of "looks_like_number" in both Scalar::Util and perlapi. Although it's not "isnumber" and "isstring," it's "looks_like_number," so I could be wrong.

-Paul

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Re^3: Question on converting big numbers to strings without rounding by apl (Monsignor) on Feb 12, 2008 at 14:39 UTC
You are correct, but I was over-simplifying to address the question at hand. There is no reason a 'phone-number' should be treated as a number. Perhaps I should simply have said "Just because it looks like a number doesn't mean it shouldn't be treated as a string."	[reply]

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