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Perl float point equations.

TIGA
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Jun 23, 2009, 6:39 AM

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Perl float point equations.	Can't Post

Hi Guys.

I cannot seem to get the following equation work in perl.

it says cnanot divide by 0, i know that perl converts decimal numbers to a int.

but whats the work around to this?.

Code

my $x = 60/(10/4

(This post was edited by TIGA on Jun 23, 2009, 6:43 AM)

FishMonger
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Jun 23, 2009, 8:59 AM

Post #2 of 2 (2973 views)

Re: [TIGA] Perl float point equations. [In reply to]	Can't Post

The workaround to what? An incomplete assignment statement?

Code

C:\TEMP>type test.pl 
use warnings; 
use strict; 
 
my $x = 60/(10/4); 
print $x; 
 
C:\TEMP>test.pl 
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