Number::Compare(3)    User Contributed Perl Documentation   Number::Compare(3)


NAME
       Number::Compare - numeric comparisons

SYNOPSIS
        Number::Compare->new(">1Ki")->test(1025); # is 1025 > 1024

        my $c = Number::Compare->new(">1M");
        $c->(1_200_000);                          # slightly terser invocation

DESCRIPTION
       Number::Compare compiles a simple comparison to an anonymous
       subroutine, which you can call with a value to be tested again.

       Now this would be very pointless, if Number::Compare didn't understand
       magnitudes.

       The target value may use magnitudes of kilobytes ("k", "ki"), megabytes
       ("m", "mi"), or gigabytes ("g", "gi").  Those suffixed with an "i" use
       the appropriate 2**n version in accordance with the IEC standard:
       http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html

METHODS
   ->new( $test )
       Returns a new object that compares the specified test.

   ->test( $value )
       A longhanded version of $compare->( $value ).  Predates blessed
       subroutine reference implementation.

   ->parse_to_perl( $test )
       Returns a perl code fragment equivalent to the test.

AUTHOR
       Richard Clamp <richardc@unixbeard.net>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2002,2011 Richard Clamp.  All Rights Reserved.

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO
       http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html

perl v5.38.0                      2023-07-25                Number::Compare(3)