integer

integer

• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION

NAME

integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating point

SYNOPSIS

use integer;
$x = 10/3;
# $x is now 3, not 3.33333333333333333

DESCRIPTION

This tells the compiler to use integer operations from here to the end of the enclosing BLOCK. On many machines, this doesn't matter a great deal for most computations, but on those without floating point hardware, it can make a big difference in performance.

Note that this only affects how most of the arithmetic and relational operators handle their operands and results, and not how all numbers everywhere are treated. Specifically, use