use strict; use warnings; my ($a, $b) = ("1_334", 1334); $a += 1; $b += 1; print "$a $b\n"; print "Unequal\n" if ($a != $b); print "$a $b\n"; #### 2 1335 Argument "1_334" isn't numeric in addition (+) at noname.pl line 6. Unequal 2 1335