use Math::Complex; my $j=sqrt(-1)/100; foreach my $close_to_zero (-1e-3-$j*1e-3, -1e-4-$j*1e-4, -1e-5-$j*1e-5, -1e-6-$j*1e-6, -1e-7-$j*1e-7, -1e-8-$j*1e-8, -1e-9-$j*1e-9, -1e-10-$j*1e-10, -1e-11-$j*1e-11, -1e-12-$j*1e-12, -1e-13-$j*1e-13, ){ print $close_to_zero**$close_to_zero,"\n"; }