On Sunday 28 Feb 2010 22:08:21 Uri Guttman wrote:
> >>>>> "SO" == S O <[email protected]> writes:
> SO> sorry guys i apologize for this question,
> SO> how come when writing a program that these are not equivalent:
>
> SO> @files = readdir(D);
>
> SO> vs
>
> SO> readdir(D) = @files;
>
> my question is why would you think they are the same? your same question
> can be asked about $x = $y vs $y = $x. do you know what = means in perl
> (and almost all common programming languages)?
>
Now that I think about it, I think they may be confusing it with "=="
(numerical equality). So:
20 + 4 == 24
Is indeed equivalent to:
24 == 20 + 4
But naturally "=" is assignment instead of equality.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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