Change 16713: A bit of self-promotion from David Wheeler :-)

[Jarkko Hietaniemi]

Change 16713 by jhi@alpha on 2002/05/20 14:46:15

        A bit of self-promotion from David Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :-)

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..... //depot/perl/pod/perlfaq4.pod#73 edit

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==== //depot/perl/pod/perlfaq4.pod#73 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perlfaq4.pod
--- perl/pod/perlfaq4.pod#72~16653~     Fri May 17 05:18:54 2002
+++ perl/pod/perlfaq4.pod       Mon May 20 07:46:15 2002
@@ -1920,6 +1920,10 @@
    if (/^([+-]?)(?=\d|\.\d)\d*(\.\d*)?([Ee]([+-]?\d+))?$/)
                        { print "a C float\n" }
 
+Or you could check out the L<Data::Types|Data::Types> module on the CPAN,
+which exports functions that validate data types using these and other regular
+expressions.
+
 If you're on a POSIX system, Perl's supports the C<POSIX::strtod>
 function.  Its semantics are somewhat cumbersome, so here's a C<getnum>
 wrapper function for more convenient access.  This function takes
@@ -1943,9 +1947,9 @@
 
     sub is_numeric { defined getnum($_[0]) } 
 
-Or you could check out the String::Scanf module on CPAN instead.  The
-POSIX module (part of the standard Perl distribution) provides the
-C<strtod> and C<strtol> for converting strings to double and longs,
+Or you could check out the L<String::Scanf|String::Scanf> module on the CPAN
+instead. The POSIX module (part of the standard Perl distribution) provides
+the C<strtod> and C<strtol> for converting strings to double and longs,
 respectively.
 
 =head2 How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
End of Patch.