Re: [MacPerl] arithmetic within a string?

[Bruce Van Allen <bva@cruzio.com>]

At 7:18 PM 6/29/00, Paul N. Schatz wrote:
>$do = 3.4*5.6;
>print "3.4*5.6 = $do\n"; # gives 3.4*5.6 = 19.04
>****************
>
>	Am I correct that there is no way to have the arithmetic occur
>within the string?
>
>For example
>
>print "3.4*5.6 = `3.4*5.6`\n"; # gives 3.4*5.6 = `3.4*5.6`---Not = 19.04.
>

Try:

print "3.4*5.6 = ", 3.4*5.6, "\n";

or

print "3.4*5.6 = ".3.4*5.6."\n";
if you want to concatenate

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- Bruce

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