use constant INF => 9**9E9; print INF; #### use constant INF => 9**9E9; local($\, $,) = ("\n", "\t"); for my $e (305 .. 310) { my $n = 10**$e; print $e, $n, INF > $n || 0, -$n, -(INF) < - $n || 0; } #### 305 1e+305 1 -1e+305 1 306 1e+306 1 -1e+306 1 307 1e+307 1 -1e+307 1 308 1e+308 1 -1e+308 1 309 1.#INF 0 -1.#INF 0 310 1.#INF 0 -1.#INF 0