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in thread why dosn't my code work?

Additionally comparing to a fixed text need that value in quotes 
if ($value eq "string")

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Re^3: why dosn't my code work?
by moritz (Cardinal) on Apr 21, 2009 at 11:04 UTC
    While it is correct that one should quote strings, it's by no means required (unless one uses strict, which again is highly recommended). 
    $ perl -E 'if (foo eq "foo") { say STDOUT yes } '
yes

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    I really don't recommend it, but it does work without quotes.

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