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NAME

6       Number::Compare - numeric comparisons
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SYNOPSIS

9        Number::Compare->new(">1Ki")->test(1025); # is 1025 > 1024
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11        my $c = Number::Compare->new(">1M");
12        $c->(1_200_000);                          # slightly terser invocation
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DESCRIPTION

15       Number::Compare compiles a simple comparison to an anonymous subrou‐
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18       Now this would be very pointless, if Number::Compare didn't understand
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21       The target value may use magnitudes of kilobytes ("k", "ki"), megabytes
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24       http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
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METHODS

27       ->new( $test )
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29       Returns a new object that compares the specified test.
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31       ->test( $value )
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33       A longhanded version of $compare->( $value ).  Predates blessed subrou‐
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36       ->parse_to_perl( $test )
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38       Returns a perl code fragment equivalent to the test.
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AUTHOR

41       Richard Clamp <richardc@unixbeard.net>
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44       Copyright (C) 2002 Richard Clamp.  All Rights Reserved.
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46       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
47       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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SEE ALSO

50       http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
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