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RE: RE: RE: Re: Minor query

by merlyn (Sage)
on Jun 25, 2000 at 16:58 UTC ( [id://19750]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to RE: RE: Re: Minor query
in thread Minor querry!!

And turnstep said:
But my personal favorite would be simply:
print "Number?\n" while <STDIN> !~ /^\d+$/;
Of course, you'll not have the number you read, unless you look at $& (expensive) or put \d+ inside parens, and then look at $1.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

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RE: RE: RE: RE: Re: Minor query
by turnstep (Parson) on Jun 25, 2000 at 19:16 UTC

    Yes, I meant to add a:

    $number = $&;
    which would be expensive, but considering that the script must stop for user input with the STDIN, probably not a big deal in this case. Parens would be smoother, but make the initial statement larger. IMO, of course. :)

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