On 14 Jul 2003 at 13:41, Paul Johnson wrote: > I dunno. Works for me. > > > This is with ActivePerl 623 (based on 5.6.0). > > Solaris 5.6.1 and 5.8.0.
A small test-case just worked for me on Linux 2.4.7 and 5.8.0... I suppose the answer is "Update, my man!", then. Thanks for the confirmation. > I'd look at Scalar::Util::looks_like_number() I think you'll need the > CPAN version. Thanks; that sounds handy, too. Not sure whether I can install it, though, unless it's been ppm-ified. (Here by Windows.) Or perhaps I should simply test on the Linux box, which has perl5.8.0... only thing is it belongs to a project I worked on formerly, so I probably shouldn't be using it, in theory. Have to see. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>