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in reply to Re: Distiguishing arguments: number-strings vs real integer
in thread Distiguishing arguments: number-strings vs real integer

> E.g. JSON modules try to detect the fact and keep the nature of numbers and strings,

which solves my issue, thanks! :)

$str=encode_json( [$_[0]] ); does the trick, I only need to check if /^\[".*"\]$/ is matching.

Cheers Rolf
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