Re^2: Perl returns NaN after addition


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by tinita (Parson)

on Oct 17, 2013 at 01:42 UTC ( [id://1058578]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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or, if the OP happens to use Math::BigFloat:

$ perl -MMath::BigFloat -wE 'say Math::BigFloat->new(5) + "foo"'
NaN
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Re^3: Perl returns NaN after addition by syphilis (Archbishop) on Oct 17, 2013 at 03:37 UTC
or, if the OP happens to use Math::BigFloat It's interesting that Math::BigFloat decides it has to numify a non-numeric string to NaN ... when everything else numifies such a string to zero. Actually, I'm tempted to s/interesting/stupid/, but maybe there's a precedent somewhere that gives some credence to the Math::BigFloat behaviour. Cheers, Rob	[reply]

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