=over =item int EXPR X X X X X =item int Returns the integer portion of EXPR. If EXPR is omitted, uses L|perlvar/$_>. You should not use this function for rounding: one because it truncates towards C, and two because machine representations of floating-point numbers can sometimes produce counterintuitive results. For example, C produces -268 rather than the correct -269; that's because it's really more like -268.99999999999994315658 instead. Usually, the L|/sprintf FORMAT, LIST>, L|/printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST>, or the L|POSIX/C> and L|POSIX/C> functions will serve you better than will L|/int EXPR>. Moreover, C produces Inf (see L for explanation), but so do all the alternative methods mentioned above. =back