use strict; use warnings; chomp(my $x = ); chomp(my $y = ); #$x += 0; if($x == $y) { print $x . " and " . $y . " are equal\n"; } else { print $x . " and " . $y . " aren't equal\n"; } __DATA__ 0010 10 #### 0010 and 10 are equal