Argument "$VAR1 = '-39.99994';\n" isn't numeric ...

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$VAR1 = '-39.99994';\n

##</code><code>##

print Dumper \%some_hash;

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#!/usr/bin/env perl -l

use strict;
use warnings;

my $val = '-39.9999400000';
print $val;
print 2.5 * $val;

my $val2 = -39.9999400000;
print $val2;
print "Number in a string >>> $val2 <<<";

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-39.9999400000
-99.99985
-39.99994
Number in a string >>> -39.99994 <<<