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in thread Operator Precedence (unary negation and exponentiation)

Try perl -e '$v = 2; print -$v ** 2;'

This the use of unary negation that is the subject of the thread.

Examine what is said, not who speaks.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Operator Precedence (unary nagation and exponentiation)
by tommyw (Hermit) on Jan 14, 2003 at 13:05 UTC

    But if you look at the problem that Arien posed, the answer doesn't just have the incorrect sign, it's also got the wrong magnitude.

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