String comparison

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

if ("STRING" == "STRING"){ print "true"; } Always returns true. How do you compare two strings?

Comment on String comparison

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RE: String comparison by vroom (His Eminence) on Feb 01, 2000 at 07:55 UTC
Well "STRING" is equivalent to "STRING". To test string equality you need to use eq ie. `if($string1 eq $string2){print "Yippee!"}` [download] == only works for numbers Tim Vroom \| vroom \| vroom@cs.hope.edu	[reply] [d/l]
RE: String comparison by Anonymous Monk on Feb 02, 2000 at 08:18 UTC
try: if (STRING eq STRING)	[reply]
RE: String comparison by Anonymous Monk on Feb 02, 2000 at 09:04 UTC
Use Eq instead of ==	[reply]
RE: RE: String comparison by vroom (His Eminence) on Feb 02, 2000 at 09:24 UTC
or eq	[reply]
RE: String comparison by Anonymous Monk on Feb 01, 2000 at 12:07 UTC
use cmp to test equality for strings	[reply]
RE: RE: String comparison by Anonymous Monk on Feb 01, 2000 at 23:51 UTC
Uh, you should really use eq for string tests. cmp should be used for sorting string (actually determining order).	[reply]