---
name: "CORBA::ORBit::LongDouble"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libcorba-orbit-perl"
version: "0.4.7-2"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/CORBA::ORBit::LongDouble"
---

# CORBA::ORBit::LongDouble(3pm)

Long double arithmetic for CORBA.

## NAME

CORBA::ORBit::LongDouble - Long double arithmetic for CORBA.

## SYNOPSIS

```
 use CORBA:::ORBit;
```

```
 $a = new CORBA::LongDouble "12345678.912345";
 print $a - 1000                 # produces "1.23446789121345e7"
```

## DESCRIPTION

CORBA::ORBit::LongDouble implements the package CORBA::LongDouble. The range of values of a CORBA::LongDouble is exactly that of your C compiler's long double type.

Aside from overloaded `"+"`, `"-"`, `"*"`, `"/"`, `"<="`\>, `"abs"`,  `"neg"`, and `""` operations, `"CORBA::ORBit::LongDouble"` provides the  following method:

- new STRING

  creates a new CORBA::LongDouble from a string.

## AUTHOR

Owen Taylor \<otaylor@gtk.org\>

## SEE ALSO

[*perl*(1)](/perl/1.md).