Quote or not to quote, my question!

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks!
I have an issue on this line of code I am working on:

 my $prefix = ($sql_tablet->[0]{ ACCOUNT } == 1) ? 'BR' : 'US';
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Is necessary to have quotes around { ACCOUNT } == '1') or there is no need since the == sign already indicates equality. I know that the value stored in the DB could be 1 or 2.
Thanks!

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Re: Quote or not to quote, my question! by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 16, 2010 at 19:01 UTC
`'1'` creates a string constant. `1` creates a number constant. Since `==` requires numbers, it's clearer if you actually give it a number. If you don't, it'll still work because whatever you pass to it will get converted into a number.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Quote or not to quote, my question! by almut (Canon) on Jun 16, 2010 at 18:56 UTC
There is no need to quote the `1`, as `==` tests numeric equality, and `1` is a number (while `'1'` is a string).	[reply] [d/l] [select]