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.IX Title "Number::Compare 3"
.TH Number::Compare 3 "2011-09-21" "perl v5.16.3" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Number::Compare \- numeric comparisons
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\& Number::Compare\->new(">1Ki")\->test(1025); # is 1025 > 1024
\&
\& my $c = Number::Compare\->new(">1M");
\& $c\->(1_200_000);                          # slightly terser invocation
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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Number::Compare compiles a simple comparison to an anonymous
subroutine, which you can call with a value to be tested again.
.PP
Now this would be very pointless, if Number::Compare didn't understand
magnitudes.
.PP
The target value may use magnitudes of kilobytes (\f(CW\*(C`k\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`ki\*(C'\fR),
megabytes (\f(CW\*(C`m\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`mi\*(C'\fR), or gigabytes (\f(CW\*(C`g\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`gi\*(C'\fR).  Those suffixed
with an \f(CW\*(C`i\*(C'\fR use the appropriate 2**n version in accordance with the
\&\s-1IEC\s0 standard: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
.SH "METHODS"
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.el .SS "\->new( \f(CW$test\fP )"
.IX Subsection "->new( $test )"
Returns a new object that compares the specified test.
.ie n .SS "\->test( $value )"
.el .SS "\->test( \f(CW$value\fP )"
.IX Subsection "->test( $value )"
A longhanded version of \f(CW$compare\fR\->( \f(CW$value\fR ).  Predates blessed
subroutine reference implementation.
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.IX Subsection "->parse_to_perl( $test )"
Returns a perl code fragment equivalent to the test.
.SH "AUTHOR"
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Richard Clamp <richardc@unixbeard.net>
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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Copyright (C) 2002,2011 Richard Clamp.  All Rights Reserved.
.PP
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html