Version::Compare(3pm)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, gather round — Version::Compare is a lil Perl module that does exactly one iconic thing: it compares version strings. that's it. that's the whole job. and it eats.

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✨ VERSION ✨

version 0.14 — yes queen, we're on 0.14

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's the vibe, copy it, paste it, live it:

use Version::Compare;

if(&Version::Compare::version_compare('2.6.26','2.6.0') == 1) {
    print "2.6.26 is greater than 2.6.0\n";
}

like. it literally tells you which version is bigger. main character behaviour fr fr 💅

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💖 NAME 💖

(again, because the original says it twice and we respect the canon)

Version::Compare — Comparing version strings

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🦋 SUBROUTINES/METHODS 🦋

max

returns the bigger of the two numerical values. that's it. pick the larger number, no drama, no notes. 🫶

version_compare

okay this is the star of the show. you give it two unix-style version strings (think 2.6.23.1 and 2.6.33) and it hands you back a sort-like return code:

• 1 — the LHS is bigger (left-hand side ate, periodt)
• 0 — they're equal (a tie, how very diplomatic)
• -1 — the RHS is bigger (right-hand side took the crown)

and here's the ordering it lives by, verbatim, no cap:

0.0 < 0.5 < 0.10 < 0.99 < 1 < 1.0~rc1 < 1.0 < 1.0+b1 < 1.0+nmu1 < 1.1 <
2.0

cmp

see version_compare. literally just go read version_compare. it's giving alias energy. 💀

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Dominik Schulz, <dominik.schulz at gauner.org>

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🙈 BUGS 🙈

found a bug? a feature request? a lil something that's lowkey not working? please report it to bug-version-compare at rt.cpan.org, or slide through the web interface at:

<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Version-Compare>

the deal is: I get notified, and then you automatically get notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. mutual updates, bestie. we love a two-way street. ✨

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🌈 SUPPORT 🌈

you can find all the docs for this module with the perldoc command:

perldoc Version::Compare

and you can also go looking for info at:

• RT: CPAN's request tracker

<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Version-Compare>

• AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

<http://annocpan.org/dist/Version-Compare>

• CPAN Ratings

<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Version-Compare>

• Search CPAN

<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Version-Compare/>

go forth and lurk, it's a vibe 💜

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🎀 LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright 2012 Dominik Schulz

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See <http://dev.perl.org/licenses/> for more information.

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

(second round, she said it again)

Dominik Schulz <dominik.schulz@gauner.org>

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🍓 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 🍓

This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Dominik Schulz.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

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okay that's the whole page bestie, you're officially fluent 💅

signing off from perl v5.36.0, dated 2022-11-19, filed under Version::Compare(3pm) — slay, stay hydrated, and go compare some versions 🧚✨