Re^2: Print Statement

I was trying to do :

perl -e 'print 0100101."\n"'
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As expected I got the decimal equivalent of octal as:

32833
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However, doing

perl -e 'print 100101."\n"'
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returned

String found where operator expected at -e line 1, near "100101."\n""
        (Missing operator before "\n"?)
syntax error at -e line 1, near "100101."\n""
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
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Any idea why this fuss about a zero? Not a burning problem or something. Just curious.

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Re^3: Print Statement by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 21, 2011 at 20:17 UTC
The "." is part of the number. `print 100101. "\n" ^ missing operator` [download] Add a space before the ".".	[reply] [d/l]