perlquestion LanX Hi<P> what exactly is the application/motivation/benefit for the way perl numifies strings?<P> <c> DB<9> $x="abc" DB<10> p 5 +$x 5 DB<11> $x="2abc3" DB<12> p 5 +$x 7 </c><P> BTW: This behaviour seems only to be documented for unary - in [doc://perlop]<P> <c> DB<18> $x="ab2c3" DB<19> p -$x -ab2c3 DB<20> $x="6ab2c3" DB<21> p -$x -6 </c> Isn't this behaviour mainly hiding ugly bugs? <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-708738"> <p>Cheers Rolf </div></div>