[OT] perl help on number modification

[Jake Peavy]

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 5:10 AM, Gianluca Cecchi
<gianluca.cecchi at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello,
> any hint on trasforming with perl a number using only one substitute
> function for reg exp?
> Todo:
> 1.20 must become 1.2
> 1.00 must become 1
> 1.25 must remain the same
>
> So that if after the dot are all zeros, I have to subtitute with
> corresponding integer, and in general I have to remove trailing zeros
> for decimal numbers.
>

I'm not sure what you're talking about.  If I understand the question, Perl
does it already.  DWIM, eh wot?

C:\>perl -le "print for 1.20, 1.00, 1.25"
1.2
1
1.25

PS: please pardon the C:\ ;-)

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-jp

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