NAME
    Set::Crontab - Expand crontab(5)-style integer lists

SYNOPSIS
    $s = Set::Crontab->new("1-9/3,>15,>30,!23", [0..30]);

    if ($s->contains(3)) { ... }

DESCRIPTION
    Set::Crontab parses crontab-style lists of integers and defines some
    utility functions to make it easier to deal with them.

  Syntax

    Numbers, ranges, *, and step values all work exactly as described in
    the crontab(5) manpage. A few extensions to the standard syntax are
    described below.

    < and >
        <N selects the elements smaller than N from the entire range,
        and adds them to the set. >N does likewise for elements larger
        than N.

    !   !N excludes N from the set. It applies to the other specified
        range; otherwise it applies to the specified ranges (i.e. "!3"
        with a range of "1-10" corresponds to "1-2,4-10", but ">3,!7" in
        the same range means "4-6,8-10").

  Functions

    new($spec, [@range])
        Creates a new Set::Crontab and returns a reference to it.

    contains($num)
        Returns true if `$num' exists in the set.

    list()
        Returns the expanded list corresponding to the set.

    The functions described above croak if they are called with
    incorrect arguments.

SEE ALSO
    the crontab(5) manpage

AUTHOR
    Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@wiw.org>

    Copyright 2001 Abhijit Menon-Sen. All Rights Reserved.

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