#!/usr/bin/perl -l -- use strict; use warnings; my @s =qw(nan naNo inf InfInity infimum foo bar 123dd); print "$_ => ", $_+0 for @s; __END__ Argument "naNo" isn't numeric in addition (+) at a.pl line 7. Argument "infimum" isn't numeric in addition (+) at a.pl line 7. Argument "foo" isn't numeric in addition (+) at a.pl line 7. Argument "bar" isn't numeric in addition (+) at a.pl line 7. Argument "123dd" isn't numeric in addition (+) at a.pl line 7. nan => nan naNo => nan inf => inf InfInity => inf infimum => inf foo => 0 bar => 0 123dd => 123