> tperl use Scalar::Util qw(looks_like_number); for my $i ("00".."10") { P "%s(%d) %s like a number", "$i", "$i", looks_like_number($i) ? "looks":"does not look"; }' 00(0) looks like a number 01(1) looks like a number 02(2) looks like a number 03(3) looks like a number 04(4) looks like a number 05(5) looks like a number 06(6) looks like a number 07(7) looks like a number 08(8) looks like a number 09(9) looks like a number 10(10) looks like a number