NAME

Slang::NumberBase - provide number base literal conversions

SYNOPSIS

use Slang::NumberBase;

dd ₈123.45;   # "173.346315"
dd ₃₆123.45;  # "3F.G77777"

dd FF₁₆;    # 255
dd 377.7₈;  # 255.875

DESCRIPTION

The Slang::NumberBase distribution provides a slang that will interpret literal numeric values that either start or end with subscripted digits ("₀₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉") (such as ₈123.45 and FF₁₆).

In the case of prefixed subscripts, the value is taken as the base to which a numeric value should be converted to as a string. So in effect "₈123.45" is short for "123.45.base(8)".

In the case of postfixed subscripts, the value is taken as the base with which to interprete the string to create a numeric value. So in effect "FF₁₆" is short for "FF".parse-base(16).

Note that only number bases 2..36 are currently supported, as these are the values that are supported by the base and base methods.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Tom Browder for the idea, and Will Coleda for wanting the postfix version.

AUTHOR

Elizabeth Mattijsen liz@raku.rocks

Source can be located at: https://github.com/lizmat/Slang-NumberBase . Comments and Pull Requests are welcome.

If you like this module, or what I'm doing more generally, committing to a small sponsorship would mean a great deal to me!

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.