Hi Jerry
Just check for the existence of a decimal point:
if ($n =~ /\./) { print "Floating point\n" }
else { print "Integer\n" );
( This will work even if you have assigned $n = 7.000, but assumes that $n
is at least numeric and isn't so large or small that it's in scientific
notation )
HTH,
Rob
"Jerry Preston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> I am looking for a simple way to figure out if a value is a integer or a
> float. How to tell the difference between 7 and 7.5.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jerry
>
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