Perl in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Name

dualvar

Synopsis

dualvar number, string
                  

Returns a string that has the value numberin a numeric context and a value string in a string context. For example:

my $context = dualvar(10, "Nathan");
my $add_nums = $context + 1; # '11'
my $str_add = $context . "Patwardhan"; # Nathan Patwardhan