PPI::Token::Number::Version(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation PPI::Token::Number::Version(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

PPI::Token::Number::Version - Token class for a byte-packed number

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
  $n = 1.1.0;
  $n = 127.0.0.1;
  $n = 10_000.10_000.10_000;
  $n = v1.2.3.4
```

# [INHERITANCE](#INHERITANCE)

```
  PPI::Token::Number::Version
  isa PPI::Token::Number
      isa PPI::Token
          isa PPI::Element
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The "PPI::Token::Number::Version" class is used for tokens that have multiple decimal points. In truth, these aren't treated like numbers at all by Perl, but they look like numbers to a parser.

# [METHODS](#METHODS)

## [base](#base)

Returns the base for the number: 256.

## [literal](#literal)

Return the numeric value of this token.

# [BUGS](#BUGS)

\- Does not handle leading minus sign correctly. Should translate to a DashedWord. See <http://perlmonks.org/?node\_id=574573>

```
  -95.0.1.0  --> "-_\000\cA\000"
  -96.0.1.0  --> Argument "`\0^A\0" isn't numeric in negation (-)
```

# [SUPPORT](#SUPPORT)

See the support section in the main module.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Chris Dolan <cdolan@cpan.org>

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright 2006 Chris Dolan.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

2026-10-26 perl v5.44.0

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Document: PPI::Token::Number::Version(3pm) from perl-ppi 1.291-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/Perl-Critic/PPI