NAME Version::Compare - Compare version strings VERSION version 0.14 SYNOPSIS 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"; } NAME Version::Compare - Comparing version strings SUBROUTINES/METHODS max Return the bigger of the two numerical values version_compare Compare two unix-style version strings like 2.6.23.1 and 2.6.33 and return and sort-like return code (1 => LHS bigger, 0 => equal, -1 => RHS bigger) 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. AUTHOR Dominik Schulz, "<dominik.schulz at gauner.org>" BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-version-compare at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Version-Compare>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. SUPPORT You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Version::Compare You can also look for information 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/> 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. AUTHOR Dominik Schulz <dominik.schulz@gauner.org> 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.