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in reply to Need to match number other than 1

I don't know, this may be over-simplistic - but what about: 
if ( $number > 1 ) {
    print "$number greater than 1.\n";
} elsif ( $number < 1 ) {
    print "$number less than 1.\n";
} else {
    print "$number is 1.\n";
}

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