PERLOP(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLOP(1)

PERLOP(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLOP(1) # PERLOP(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLOP(1) NNAAMMEE # perlop - Perl operators and precedence DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN # In Perl, the operator determines what operation is performed, independent of the type of the operands. For example "$x + $y" is always a numeric addition, and if $x or $y do not contain numbers, an attempt is made to convert them to numbers first. This is in contrast to many other dynamic languages, where the operation is determined by the type of the first argument. ...