Newsgroups: linux.debian.user Path: not-for-mail From: Olaf Titz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: dpkg-ftp troubles Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 27 May 1996 13:33:38 +0100 References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: private Linux site, southern Germany Lines: 18
This is really a perl issue, but... Andy Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Changing <=> to cmp changes the ordering I think. My newest <=> is a numerical compare, cmp a string compare. Even if the variables are stripped to digits only, they still can yield different results if any of the arguments contain leading zeroes, e.g. "1" vs. "02". So it's important exactly what you want to compare. olaf -- ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] or @{stud,informatik}.uni-karlsruhe.de ____ __ o <URL:http://www.inka.de/~bigred/> <IRC:praetorius> __/<_ >> Just as long as the wheels keep on turning round _)>(_)______________ I will live for the groove 'til the sun goes down << ____