in reply to Re^2: Is the number before, in or after the interval? using spaceship operator <=>
in thread Is the number before, in or after the interval? using spaceship operator <=>

 ($_ > $r) - ($_ < $l)

Should already do (can't test on Android :)

update

tested! =)

DB<41> sub tst { ($_ > $r) - ($_ < $l) } DB<42> $l=3;$r=6 => 6 DB<43> print tst(),"\t" for 0..9 => "" -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

Cheers Rolf

(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)