I have a script that reads values and does some stats.
I have 2 values that I read that are different BigInts and I do the same operations on each pair.
The problem is I seem to not be able to assign a new value to an existing BigInt and I believe my performance is suffering because of it. I have received many emails offering to sell me pills to enhance performance, but I thought I would ask here first.
#before loop
$cntdiff = new Math::BigInt '0';
$predefbi =  new Math::BigInt '0';
# inside read loop
# for example
$firststr = "ffffccbbaa0";
$laststr = "ffffccbbaa9";

# Make sure it is clear that its hex...
$firststr = "0x".$firststr;
$laststr = "0x".$laststr;

$strtcnt = new Math::BigInt $firststr;
$endcnt = new Math::BigInt $laststr;

$cntdiff = $endcnt - $strtcnt;

# the above works OK but if I try something like

$predefbi = $firststr;

# it doesn't seem to work

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Am I SOL on this?

TIA

In reply to Changing the value of a BigInt? by taintme

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