On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 07:26:06PM +0100, Angel Faus wrote:
> For example:
>
> my $x = 18;
> my $y = -18;
my $z = -256:234.254; # negative number
my $e = 256:-234.254; # error
> Perl allows the underline character, C<_>, to be placed as a separator
> between the digits of any literal number. You can use this to break
> up long numbers into more readable forms. There aren't any rules to
> it; you can use it however you like:
>
> 123_456_000.000 (floating point)
> 2:0110_1000 (binary)
> 16:FF_88_EE (hexidecimal)
1_2_3_4______5___6 (absurd, but doable)
> You can use the C<_> separator too in Floating-Point numbers:
If you're going to mention _ in floating point numbers here, the above
floating point example should be moved to here or extirpated IMHO.
-Scott
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