Re^2: check if 2 values are equal

I'm a bit confused. Shouldn't

>0e0<, >0<: different
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be a match?

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Re^3: check if 2 values are equal by GrandFather (Saint) on Jan 24, 2006 at 22:30 UTC
0e0 and 0 are different as a string and the same as a number. OP seems to like it evaluated as different. A solution involving `looks_like_number` is required to get the result you would like, else 'x' and 'y' would be a match (0 == 0). DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: check if 2 values are equal by thedoe (Monk) on Jan 25, 2006 at 15:54 UTC
Thanks for the clarification Grandfather!	[reply]