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Re^2: Perl with precision (octal)

by tye (Sage)
on Feb 29, 2012 at 00:04 UTC ( #956805=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Perl with precision
in thread Perl with precision

A start of 0[0-7] means "octal". So 000.76 is simply the same as 000 . 76 which is '076' which becomes just 76 when used as a number.

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Re^3: Perl with precision (octal)
by lidden (Curate) on Feb 29, 2012 at 00:56 UTC
    So what you are saying is that the first part is octal zero and the dot is the concatenation operator?

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