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J Krugman
In C, for example, one can use certain predefined constants as
"surrogate infinity", meaning that no number (of the appropriate
type) handled by a C program will ever be greater than the appropriate
constant. For example:
int min_val;
....
min_val = INT_MAX; /* INT_MAX used as a surrogate infinity */
for(i = 0; i < ITER; ++i) {
if ( min_val > arr ) {
min_val = arr;
}
}
Is there a similar facility in Perl?
Thanks!
-Jill
"surrogate infinity", meaning that no number (of the appropriate
type) handled by a C program will ever be greater than the appropriate
constant. For example:
int min_val;
....
min_val = INT_MAX; /* INT_MAX used as a surrogate infinity */
for(i = 0; i < ITER; ++i) {
if ( min_val > arr ) {
min_val = arr;
}
}
Is there a similar facility in Perl?
Thanks!
-Jill