snippet broquaint Ask perl if a given scalar looks like a number (requires <tt>[cpan://Inline::C]</tt>). <p/> Inspired by Slaven Rezic's "Include Perl_looks_like_number in Scalar::Util?" [http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2002-11/msg00035.html|post] to p5p. <p/> Hopefully this function, or something very similar to it, should be making it into <tt>[Scalar::Util]</tt> per the p5p thread. <p/> <small><b>update</b>: changed the title (was <i>Is it a number?</i>) as it was a little ambiguous in relation to the code</small> <CODE> use Inline C; my $var = shift; print +(isnum($var) ? "is a number" : "not a number"), ": $var", $/; __END__ __C__ int isnum(SV* val) { return Perl_looks_like_number(val); } </CODE>