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Why isn't this compare function working in Perl? I have this code http://ideone.com/QC0Ajw <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ideone.com/api/embed.js/link/QC0Ajw"></script> If the above didn't show up this is the code: print "Enter the word"; $keyword = <>; $zippy = 'the'; if (($zippy cmp $keyword) == 0) { print "yes we can\n"; } The keyword I enter is: the The if statement fails and the program does not print "yes we can" Why isn't this working? Isn't the keyword the same as 'the'? @analprogrammer The if statement still fails, using: if ($zippy eq $keyword) I have also tried using quotes " instead of apostrophes ' Makes no difference
Why isn't this compare function working in Perl?
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