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To clarify more (or not), 0E0 is 0 x 10**0 =0 x 1 =0
Ooops...my goof before.... This is the Perl way to return a "true", "zero value".
I like most, seldom use exponential notation in Perl, but that is what this is.
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Re^3: Find empty tables - sqlite module
by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Jan 01, 2009 at 17:40 UTC

    Oh, nice. I didn't realize that but it's obvious once you hear it.

    moo@cow[74]~/bin>perl -le 'print eval "0E0"' 0 moo@cow[75]~/bin>perl -le 'print eval "10E0"' 10 moo@cow[76]~/bin>perl -le 'print eval "10E1"' 100 moo@cow[77]~/bin>perl -le 'print eval "10E10"' 100000000000