Good day;
try:::
if ($input =~ /\d+\.?\d+/){
xxxxxxx
}
The intent here is:
\d+ ##one or more digits
\.? ##followed by zero or one "." (there is a dot there)
\d+ ##followed by one or more digits.
I think this will work. Depending on how your reals will be input, you can
tweak the \d to suit your needs.
Hope this helps/works.
Carl
At 01:56 PM 5/30/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi,
>I'm new to the group and new to Perl and am very glad to have such a
>resource available. Hopefully someday I'll be on the giving end of the
>help list but for now I'm stumped. How do I test an input to see if it is
>a real number? I have a situation something like:
>
> $input = <STDIN>;
> chomp $input;
>
>if (input equals a real number) {
> xxxxxx
>}
>else {
>xxxx
>}
>best, michael
