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NAME

PPI::Token::Number - Token class for a number

SYNOPSIS

  $n = 1234;       # decimal integer
  $n = 0b1110011;  # binary integer
  $n = 01234;      # octal integer
  $n = 0x1234;     # hexadecimal integer
  $n = 12.34e-56;  # exponential notation ( currently not working )

INHERITANCE

  PPI::Token::Number
  isa PPI::Token
      isa PPI::Element

DESCRIPTION

The PPI::Token::Number class is used for tokens that represent numbers, in the various types that Perl supports.

METHODS

base

Returns the base for the number. This is 10 for decimal, 16 for hexadecimal, etc.

TO DO

- Add proper unit testing to this

- Add support for exponential notation

- What the hell is a base256 number and why did I use it. Surely it should be something more like "base1000" or "version".

SUPPORT

See the support section in the main module.

AUTHOR

Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2001 - 2006 Adam Kennedy.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.