Comparison operators
- Two different types of operators: string and numeric
- Perl decides based on context
- The ones with letters are for strings. The ones without letters are
for numbers.
| Comparison
operators |
| Comparison |
Numeric |
String |
| Equal |
== |
eq |
| Not equal |
!= |
ne |
| Less than |
< |
lt |
| Greater than |
> |
gt |
| Less than or equal to |
<= |
le |
| Greater than or equal to |
>= |
ge |
| Three-way compare |
<=> |
cmp
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Make sure you're comparing your strings and numbers appropriately.
7 < 30 is
true
"7" lt "30" is
false
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