comment on

The other Monks have done a good job of explaining how Perl would deal with this rather unusual statement.

At the root of the matter, there is one set of comparison operators that are intended to be used with "numeric values" and another set for string values.

 
<  >  == !=  <=>   numeric
lt gt eq ne  cmp   alpha-numeric (strings)
[download]

The eq or the ne operator would have been more appropriate.

In reply to Re: Definition of numerically equal and rationale for 'you' == 'me' by Marshall
in thread Definition of numerically equal and rationale for 'you' == 'me' by andreas1234567

Are you posting in the right place? Check out Where do I post X? to know for sure.
Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:
<code> <a> <b> <big> <blockquote> <br /> <dd> <dl> <dt> <em> <font> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <hr /> <i> <li> <nbsp> <ol> <p> <small> <strike> <strong> <sub> <sup> <table> <td> <th> <tr> <tt> <u> <ul>
Snippets of code should be wrapped in <code> tags not <pre> tags. In fact, <pre> tags should generally be avoided. If they must be used, extreme care should be taken to ensure that their contents do not have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor intervention).
Want more info? How to link or How to display code and escape characters are good places to start.


Welcome to the Monastery
	PerlMonks