Re: maximum int value

Works like a charm. Thank you all. On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 14:44 +0100, John Doe wrote: > Alon Marx am Dienstag, 27. Dezember 2005 14.30: > > Seems like a good solution for my needs, but how do I use it in a perl > > program instead of an inline command? > > > > For example, if I try to set a variab

Re: maximum int value

Alon Marx am Dienstag, 27. Dezember 2005 14.30: > Seems like a good solution for my needs, but how do I use it in a perl > program instead of an inline command? > > For example, if I try to set a variable with such a value: > $a = (1<<$Config{ivsize}*8-1)-1; > > I get an error "Global symbol "%Conf

Re: maximum int value

Seems like a good solution for my needs, but how do I use it in a perl program instead of an inline command? For example, if I try to set a variable with such a value: $a = (1<<$Config{ivsize}*8-1)-1; I get an error "Global symbol "%Config" requires explicit package name at" Thanks, Alon On

Re: maximum int value

I don't think so - Original Message - From: "Alon Marx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 5:28 PM Subject: maximum int value Is there a constant or a definition for a maximum number in perl? And the same question for a minimum value? Al

Re: maximum int value

On 12/27/05, Alon Marx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a constant or a definition for a maximum number in perl? And > the same question for a minimum value? This may work for you the biggest unsigned integer $ perl -e 'print ~0' 18446744073709551615 # 64-bit integers the maximum signed in

Re: maximum int value

On Dec 27, 2005, at 12:58, Alon Marx wrote: Is there a constant or a definition for a maximum number in perl? And the same question for a minimum value? You have some constants available through the %Config hash in Config.pm: % perl -MConfig -le 'print "$_ = $Config{$_}" for grep /size$/, key

maximum int value

Is there a constant or a definition for a maximum number in perl? And the same question for a minimum value? Alon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]