Try "reading from a file": 
use strict;
use warnings;
chomp(my $x = <DATA>);
chomp(my $y = <DATA>);
#$x += 0;
if($x == $y)    {
    print $x . " and " . $y . " are equal\n";
}
else    {
    print $x . " and " . $y . " aren't equal\n";
}
__DATA__
0010
10

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OUTPUT: 0010 and 10 are equal

As numbers, they are equal. As strings, they are not! Note that your idea of adding zero would 'fix' the string.

Bill

In reply to Re: removing leading 0's by BillKSmith
in thread removing leading 0's by CSharma

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