Need help with relational operators in PERL!!

Sumitha Sudhakaran · Sep 5, 2012

I want to compare 2 multi digit numbers, say $x = 99 and $y = 158.. the operation: if ($x gt $y)
{print $x;}

the result gives 99 as the answer.. Probably because 9 is greater than 1.. Wats the command to get the correct answer in PERL???

enob · Sep 7, 2012

The problem is you are using the wrong relational operator. "gt" is for comparing two strings. For example,

Code:

$string1 = 'cat';
$string2 = 'dog';

    if ($string1 ne $string2) {
        print "Not equal\n";
    } else {
        print "Equal\n";
    }

You need to use < or > for integers.

Code:

$x = 99;
$y = 158;

if ($x > $y){
print $x;
} else {
print "Not greater than";
}

Hope this helps

Need help with relational operators in PERL!!

Sumitha Sudhakaran

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