le and ge does a string comparison... you want a numerical comparison < and >
"89" le "100" is false because 8 is bigger than 1 on the ASCII chart "89" le "99" is true because 8 is smaller than 9 "98" le "99" is also true... "089" le "100" is true because 0 is smaller than 1 Try it.. but le and ge are for string comparisons... remember it goes down the string one charater at a time and is ordered as on the ASCII chart by the decimal value. -----Original Message----- From: Dittrich G. Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: is it a bug? (less-equal compare) I do: $lowerlimit = "89" le "100"; response "" I do: $lowerlimit = "89" le "99"; response "1" please help me! I dont get it! is this a bug? or am I nuts? perl -ver "This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for i386-freebsd" -- berlin.de - meine stadt im netz. Jetzt eigene eMail-adresse @berlin.de sichern! http://www.berlin.de/home/MeineStadt/Anmeldung -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- The views and opinions expressed in this email message are the sender's own, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Summit Systems Inc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
