"John W. Krahn" schreef: > Johnson Lau: >> I need to compare two binary numbers and need perl to return the >> number of matching bits. For example: >> $aaa = "10111100"; >> $bbb = "00101100"; > > Those aren't binary numbers, they are strings.
I don't mind reading "binary number" as "some base-two representation of a number". The word "number" is often used for an encoded stream of digits. -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/