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author | Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> | 2013-08-22 23:37:44 -0700 |
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committer | Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> | 2013-08-23 00:09:34 -0700 |
commit | 94bdd53f4066f50d67a6075d3bd43ddbc578414f (patch) | |
tree | aa70132ec7375b1f660b50afc42d917fb021342d /dist/Math-BigInt | |
parent | 8c17ac6272cec6ea743129ee29c96edb6de4102e (diff) | |
download | perl-94bdd53f4066f50d67a6075d3bd43ddbc578414f.tar.gz |
Long verbatim pod lines in BigFloat.pm
Diffstat (limited to 'dist/Math-BigInt')
-rw-r--r-- | dist/Math-BigInt/lib/Math/BigFloat.pm | 37 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/dist/Math-BigInt/lib/Math/BigFloat.pm b/dist/Math-BigInt/lib/Math/BigFloat.pm index 9c7550cef3..fb1d20690b 100644 --- a/dist/Math-BigInt/lib/Math/BigFloat.pm +++ b/dist/Math-BigInt/lib/Math/BigFloat.pm @@ -4160,12 +4160,12 @@ differences: =item accuracy() - $x->accuracy(5); # local for $x - CLASS->accuracy(5); # global for all members of CLASS - # Note: This also applies to new()! + $x->accuracy(5); # local for $x + CLASS->accuracy(5); # global for all members of CLASS + # Note: This also applies to new()! - $A = $x->accuracy(); # read out accuracy that affects $x - $A = CLASS->accuracy(); # read out global accuracy + $A = $x->accuracy(); # read out accuracy that affects $x + $A = CLASS->accuracy(); # read out global accuracy Set or get the global or local accuracy, aka how many significant digits the results have. If you set a global accuracy, then this also applies to new()! @@ -4187,15 +4187,15 @@ to the math operation as additional parameter: $x->precision(-2); # local for $x, round at the second # digit right of the dot - $x->precision(2); # ditto, round at the second digit left - # of the dot + $x->precision(2); # ditto, round at the second digit + # left of the dot CLASS->precision(5); # Global for all members of CLASS # This also applies to new()! CLASS->precision(-5); # ditto - $P = CLASS->precision(); # read out global precision - $P = $x->precision(); # read out precision that affects $x + $P = CLASS->precision(); # read out global precision + $P = $x->precision(); # read out precision that affects $x Note: You probably want to use L</accuracy()> instead. With L</accuracy()> you set the number of digits each result should have, with L</precision()> you @@ -4405,7 +4405,8 @@ It prints both quotient and remainder since print works in list context. Also, bdiv() will modify $c, so be careful. You probably want to use print $c / 123.456,"\n"; - print scalar $c->bdiv(123.456),"\n"; # or if you want to modify $c + # or if you want to modify $c: + print scalar $c->bdiv(123.456),"\n"; instead. @@ -4469,14 +4470,14 @@ Replacing L</precision()> with L</accuracy()> is probably not what you want, eit use Math::BigFloat; - Math::BigFloat->accuracy(4); # enables global rounding: - my $x = Math::BigFloat->new(123456); # rounded immediately - # to "12350" - print "$x\n"; # print "123500" - my $y = Math::BigFloat->new(3); # rounded to "3 - print "$y\n"; # print "3" - print $z = $x->copy()->bdiv($y),"\n"; # 41170 - print $z->accuracy(),"\n"; # 4 + Math::BigFloat->accuracy(4); # enables global rounding: + my $x = Math::BigFloat->new(123456); # rounded immediately + # to "12350" + print "$x\n"; # print "123500" + my $y = Math::BigFloat->new(3); # rounded to "3 + print "$y\n"; # print "3" + print $z = $x->copy()->bdiv($y),"\n"; # 41170 + print $z->accuracy(),"\n"; # 4 What you want to use instead is: |