NAME
   Games::Go::Rank - Represents a player's rank in the game of Go

VERSION
   version 1.100860

SYNOPSIS
       use Games::Go::Rank;

       my $black_rank = Games::Go::Rank->new(rank => '1k');
       my $white_rank = Games::Go::Rank->new(rank => '2d');
       if ($white_rank > $black_rank) {
           # ...
       }

DESCRIPTION
   This class represents a player's rank in the game of Go. Rank objects
   can be compared to see whether two ranks are equal or whether one rank
   is higher than the other. Rank objects stringify to the rank notation.

   Use the standard notation for ranks such as "30k", "5k", "1d", "2p" and
   so on. You can also use other common formats such as "6-dan" or "2 dan".
   Anything after the first "k", "d" or "p" is ignored. So "6-dan*" is the
   same as "6-dan", which is the same as "6d".

METHODS
 as_value
   Returns a number representing the rank. "1k" is returned as 0, lower kyu
   ranks are returned as negative numbers ("2K" is -1, "3k" is -2 etc.).
   Dan ranks are returned as positive numbers, with pro ranks coming
   immediately after dan ranks. For example, "1d" == 1, "7d" == 7, "1p" ==
   8, "2p" == 9. Only dan ranks up to 7d are recognized as amateur ranks -
   that is, "8d" == "1p".

 from_value
   Sets the rank from a numerical value that is interpreted as described
   above.

 num_cmp
   FIXME

 stringify
   FIXME

INSTALLATION
   See perlmodinstall for information and options on installing Perl
   modules.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
   No bugs have been reported.

   Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at
   <http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Games-Go-Rank>.

AVAILABILITY
   The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive
   Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit <http://www.perl.com/CPAN/> to find a
   CPAN site near you, or see <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Games-Go-Rank/>.

   The development version lives at
   <http://github.com/hanekomu/Games-Go-Rank/>. Instead of sending patches,
   please fork this project using the standard git and github
   infrastructure.

AUTHOR
     Marcel Gruenauer <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
   This software is copyright (c) 2007 by Marcel Gruenauer.

   This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
   the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.