in reply to Re^11: Comparing 2 different-sized strings
in thread Comparing 2 different-sized strings

See perldoc/perlsub for details, but basically $_[0] is the first parameter passed; $_[1] is the second; and so on.

You could always name them in the usual way, but why bother with such a simple subroutine. Beside which, it is more efficient not to.

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