#!/usr/bin/perl

#  Num.pm - A perl representation of numbers
#  (c) Copyright 1998 Hakan Ardo <hakan@debian.org>
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=head1 NAME

  Math::Expr::Num - Represents one number in a parsed expression tree

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  require Math::Expr::Opp;
  require Math::Expr::Var;
  require Math::Expr::Num;
  
  # To represent the expression "x+7":
  $n=new Math::Expr::Opp("+");
  $n->SetOpp(0,new Math::Expr::Var("x"));
  $n->SetOpp(1,new Math::Expr::Num(7));
  print $n->tostr . "\n";

=head1 DESCRIPTION

  Used by the Math::Expr to represent numbers.

=head1 METHODS

=cut

package Math::Expr::Num;
use strict;

=head2 $n=new Math::Expr::Num($num)

  Creates a new representation of the number $num.

=cut

sub new {
	my($class, $val) = @_;
	my $self = bless { }, $class;

	$self->{'Type'}="Num";
	$self->{'Val'}=$val;
	$self;
}

=head2 $n->tostr

  Returns the string representation of the number which in perl is
  the same as the number itsefle

=cut
sub tostr {
	my $self = shift;
  $self->{'Val'};
}

sub strtype {
  "Real";
}

sub BaseType {shift->strtype(@_)}

sub Simplify {}

=head1 AUTHOR

  Hakan Ardo <hakan@debian.org>

=head1 SEE ALSO

  L<Math::Expr::Opp>

=cut

1;