[Bioperl-l] e-values

[Jason Stajich]

sure it does.
% perl -w -e '
my $a = 1.6e-190;
my $b = 1.8e-300;
if( $a < $b ) {
 print "$a is less\n"
} else {
 print "$b is less\n"
}'
1.8e-300 is less.

If you are worried about underflow - Math::BigFloat might help.

-jason

On Wed, 12 May 2004, stephan rosecker wrote:

> Hi,
>
> is it possible to compare e-values with perl, bioperl or some module ?
> e.g:
> $a=1.6e-190;
> $b=1.8e-300;
> if (a < b)
> ...
>
> of course this operator dosn't work ... ;-)
>
> regards,
> stephan
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Jason Stajich
Duke University
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