@node integer, iodbc, gettext, Module List
@unnumbered Perl pragma to compute arithmetic in integer instead of double


@unnumberedsec NAME

integer - Perl pragma to compute arithmetic in integer instead of double

@unnumberedsec SYNOPSIS

@example
use integer;
$x = 10/3;
# $x is now 3, not 3.33333333333333333
@end example

@unnumberedsec DESCRIPTION

This tells the compiler that it@'s okay to use integer operations
from here to the end of the enclosing BLOCK.  On many machines, 
this doesn@'t matter a great deal for most computations, but on those 
without floating point hardware, it can make a big difference.

See @samp{Pragmatic Modules}, @xref{(perl.info)perlmod,Perlmod},.

