Integer Arithmetic By default, Perl assumes that it must do most of its arithmetic in floating point. But by saying
Equality Operators Binary "==" returns true if the left argument is numerically equal to
Terms and List Operators (Leftward) A TERM has the highest precedence in Perl. They include variables, quote and quote-like operators, any
Bitwise String Operators Bitstrings of any size may be manipulated by the bitwise operators (~ | & ^).
Logical Defined-Or Although it has no direct equivalent in C, Perl's // operator is related
Bigger Numbers The standard
Quote-Like Operators q/STRING/ 'STRING'
Named Unary Operators The various named unary operators are treated as functions with one argument, with optional parentheses.
Range Operators Binary ".." is the range operator, which is really two different operators
Binding Operators Binary "=~" binds a scalar expression to a pattern match. Certain operations
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