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Posted by: jstrosch01,
on 6/20/2008,
in category "string versus numeric comparison operator"
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Abstract:
You have to be careful when performing string comparison in Perl. If a string starts with a numeric value than it will be compared with that value. If it starts with a alpha-character than it compares with a value of zero.