Perl equivalent of (Postgre)SQL BETWEEN operator?

Question

Is there such a thing? The equivalent of a <= expr <= b, or in SQL parlance expr BETWEEN a AND b, where expr is evaluated only once? Or is asking for this just getting silly?

Answer 1

I think this is your only bet.

$x = expr;

if ($a < $x && $x < $b) {
  # stuff
}

Answer 2

I do not think they correspond exactly, but take a look at the Range Operators.

Answer 3

you could use Range operator + smart macthing:

if($expr ~~ [$a..$b])

Answer 4

There are a variety of ways to do that in Perl.

if( $a < $x and $x < $b ){ ... }
... if $a < $x and $x < $b;

use 5.10.1;
if( $x ~~ [$a..$b] ){ ... }

given( $x ){
  when( [$a..$b] ){ ... }
}

use 5.11.0; # development branch
given( $x ){
  ... when [$a..$b];
}

Answer 5

In Perl6, the comparison operators are chainable.

http://perlcabal.org/syn/S03.html#Chained_comparisons:

Perl 6 supports the natural extension to the comparison operators, allowing multiple operands:

if 1 < $a < 100 { say "Good, you picked a number *between* 1 and 100." }
if 3 < $roll <= 6              { print "High roll" }
if 1 <= $roll1 == $roll2 <= 6  { print "Doubles!" }