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in reply to Text::CSV_XS; Type Method

substr is certainly a text context. Perhaps that is a constraint that is hard for combine to break.

I'd try something like: 

$prod_no = 0 + substr($source,88,8);

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And check those results.

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Re^2: Text::CSV_XS; Type Method
by drodinthe559 (Monk) on Feb 18, 2010 at 17:32 UTC
    That works as long as the field has data. I get the following error: 
    Argument "                " isn't numeric in abs at Y:\Perl Projects\C
+oopers\coopers_chklst_2.pl line 57, <SOURCE> line 12089.

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