[geeks] One of these days....

[David Cantrell]

On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 01:31:57AM -0400, James Sharp wrote:

> What I don't understand is how (1.8 * $temper) + 32 can equal 32, despite
> the fact that $temper DOES equal something non-zero, as the print
> statements before and after the math statement show.

Without seeing the data I can't be sure, but I'd guess that $temper is not
what you think it is.  It's probably a string which when used in a numeric
context is evaluating to zero.

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