On 5/22/02 11:18 AM, "Michael G Schwern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> claimed:
> It would be nice to have a way to check if something is an integer better > than the regexes in perlfaq4 <snip /> I completely agree with this sentiment. In the meantime, if you don't want to worry about the regexes, check out my Data::Types module on the CPAN. It offers functions for checking integers and other numeric types. 'Course, in Perl 6, builtin types will make this a non-issue. I look forward to that day! Regards, David -- David Wheeler AIM: dwTheory [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 15726394 http://david.wheeler.net/ Yahoo!: dew7e Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]