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I always get em backwards

Easy: If you want to compare characters (strings, char* or char[] if you know C), use the operators made from characters (eq, ne, lt, gt, le, ge, cmp). If you want to compare numbers like in mathematics, use the operators you know from mathematics (==, !=, <, >, <=, >=, <=>).

Alexander

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In reply to Re^3: xs modifying passed value by afoken
in thread xs modifying passed value by Festus Hagen

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