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in thread Any improvement over the code possible??

If I write like this: -

say looks_like_number '2'

It should return false as I understand.. but its not printing anything

Neither in the case I give there a number 2

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Re^5: Any improvement over the code possible??
by Rohit Jain (Sexton) on Sep 21, 2012 at 17:42 UTC

    OK. got it worked by using the below code: -

    use Scalar::Util 'looks_like_number';
my $result = looks_like_number('abc');

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    Do we have to import functions like this only? Else I have to do it for every function I import??

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      Different modules have different requirements, which are usually in the docs:
      By default Scalar::Util does not export any subroutines.

      So, for this module, you must import explicitly. See also perldoc -f use

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        Thanks toolic for a valuable information.. :)

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