use strict; use warnings; my $re =qr{a}; my $re2 =qr{a}; print $re == $re2,"\n"; print $re2 == $re2,"\n"; print 0+$re,"\n"; print 0+$re2,"\n"; #### sini@ordinalfabetix:~$ ./x.pl 1 135589228 135591376 sini@ordinalfabetix:~$