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From:
David Nicol
Date:
October 11, 2001 13:41
Subject:
NaN+NaNi
Message ID:
3BC5711D.519B78F@davidnicol.com
RaFaL Pocztarski wrote:

> > First this thread tells me that "123foo" will be 123 in numeric
> > context. Now I find myself wondering what "123indigo" evaluates
> > to!

Also 123.  I think that complex numbers, if happening automatically,
would only match

    ($realpart, $imaginarypart) = /^\b(\d*\.?\d+)\+(\d*\.?\d+)i\b/

and "123indigo" does not match that.




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