On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 15:04:19 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >A compare using = adds trailing blanks; use == if you need an exact match. > Trailing and/or leading.
"=" has a very lenient criterion of numeric equality:
"say 2 = ' 200e-2 '"
1
"==" gives better performance (empirically).
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gil
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