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.IX Title "Version::Compare 3"
.TH Version::Compare 3 2023-07-26 "perl v5.38.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
Version::Compare \- Compare version strings
.SH VERSION
.IX Header "VERSION"
version 0.14
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\&    use Version::Compare;
\&
\&    if(&Version::Compare::version_compare(\*(Aq2.6.26\*(Aq,\*(Aq2.6.0\*(Aq) == 1) {
\&        print "2.6.26 is greater than 2.6.0\en";
\&    }
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.SH NAME
Version::Compare \- Comparing version strings
.SH SUBROUTINES/METHODS
.IX Header "SUBROUTINES/METHODS"
.SS max
.IX Subsection "max"
Return the bigger of the two numerical values
.SS version_compare
.IX Subsection "version_compare"
Compare two unix-style version strings like 2.6.23.1 and 2.6.33 and return and sort-like
return code (1 => LHS bigger, 0 => equal, \-1 => RHS bigger)
.PP
0.0 < 0.5 < 0.10 < 0.99 < 1 < 1.0~rc1 < 1.0 < 1.0+b1 < 1.0+nmu1 < 1.1 < 2.0
.SS cmp
.IX Subsection "cmp"
See version_compare.
.SH AUTHOR
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Dominik Schulz, \f(CW\*(C`<dominik.schulz at gauner.org>\*(C'\fR
.SH BUGS
.IX Header "BUGS"
Please report any bugs or feature requests to \f(CW\*(C`bug\-version\-compare at rt.cpan.org\*(C'\fR, or through
the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Version\-Compare>.  I will be notified, and then you'll
automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
.SH SUPPORT
.IX Header "SUPPORT"
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
.PP
.Vb 1
\&    perldoc Version::Compare
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.PP
You can also look for information at:
.IP \(bu 4
RT: CPAN's request tracker
.Sp
<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Version\-Compare>
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AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
.Sp
<http://annocpan.org/dist/Version\-Compare>
.IP \(bu 4
CPAN Ratings
.Sp
<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Version\-Compare>
.IP \(bu 4
Search CPAN
.Sp
<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Version\-Compare/>
.SH "LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT"
Copyright 2012 Dominik Schulz
.PP
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.
.PP
See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.
.SH AUTHOR
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Dominik Schulz <dominik.schulz@gauner.org>
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Dominik Schulz.
.PP
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.