In the following code, $this_category is a two-digit value that's read from a local file. $tt is a variable I defined for debugging purposes. 
$tt = "03";
if ($tt == $this_category) { print "YES"; } 
else {print "NO: tt--$tt-- this_category--$this_category--";}

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The response that the web browser gets is: 
NO: tt--03-- this_category--03--

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I am running perl 5.005_03 and using taint checking and -w. Does anyone have any idea what's happening here? I need the $this_category value to work for a hash lookup.

I will gladly post more of the code if asked.

Spacewarp

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In reply to When is 03 not equal to 03? by spacewarp

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