Roy M wrote:
Conside the following codes:use POSIX; print LONG_MAX, "\n"; my $num = 99999999994; print $num; Why $num is bigger than LONG_MAX ?
Because the value in $num is a floating point number. perldoc perlnumber John -- Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and in short order. -- Larry Wall -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/