Integer Arithmetic By default, Perl assumes that it must do most of its arithmetic in floating point. But by saying

Bitwise String Operators Bitstrings of any size may be manipulated by the bitwise operators (~ | & ^).

Terms and List Operators (Leftward) A TERM has the highest precedence in Perl. They include variables, quote and quote-like operators, any

Assignment Operators "=" is the ordinary assignment operator. Assignment

Bigger Numbers The standard

Logical Defined-Or Although it has no direct equivalent in C, Perl's // operator is related

Named Unary Operators The various named unary operators are treated as functions with one argument, with optional parentheses.

Quote-Like Operators q/STRING/ 'STRING'

Range Operators Binary ".." is the range operator, which is really two different operators

Symbolic Unary Operators Unary "!" performs logical negation, that is, "not". See also