Re^2: Any improvement over the code possible??

Thanks for reply :)

I tried out this code.. but its not giving what I expected. Is it how it works??

#!/perl/bin
use v5.14;
use Scalar::Util;

say &Scalar::Util::looks_like_number('2');
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I haven't studied till packages and modules.. So, don't know exactly how to use them..

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Re^3: Any improvement over the code possible?? by toolic (Bishop) on Sep 21, 2012 at 17:18 UTC
its not giving what I expected You need to tell us what you expect it to do. Or read the doc I linked to: `looks_like_number EXPR Returns true if perl thinks EXPR is a number.` [download] Super Search is another way to find answers and see code examples.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Any improvement over the code possible?? by Rohit Jain (Sexton) on Sep 21, 2012 at 17:23 UTC
If I write like this: - `say looks_like_number '2'` It should return false as I understand.. but its not printing anything Neither in the case I give there a number 2	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Any improvement over the code possible?? by Rohit Jain (Sexton) on Sep 21, 2012 at 17:42 UTC
OK. got it worked by using the below code: - `use Scalar::Util 'looks_like_number'; my $result = looks_like_number('abc');` [download] Do we have to import functions like this only? Else I have to do it for every function I import??	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: Any improvement over the code possible?? by toolic (Bishop) on Sep 21, 2012 at 17:47 UTC
Re^7: Any improvement over the code possible?? by Rohit Jain (Sexton) on Sep 21, 2012 at 17:51 UTC