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 integer
$ perl -MConfig -e 'print( (1<<$Config{ivsize}*8-1)-1 )'
9223372036854775807
the minimum signed integer
$ perl -MConfig -e 'print -(1<<$Config{ivsize}*8-1)'
-9223372036854775808
I am not sure how general these expressions are. The illustrated
values are for 64bit integers.
Adriano.
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