Chris Knipe wrote:
> Lo all,
>
> Very stupid it must be, but I can't see what I'm doing wrong here...
>
> The following if statement, always returns true (prints "a"), regardless
> of what the value of $SiteType is...
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
>
> $SiteType = "something";
>
> if ($SiteType == "notsomething") {
> print "a";
> }
>
Nothing stupid, just a mistake like everyone makes sometimes.
Believe you want something like
if ($SiteType eq "notsomething") {
print "a";
}
"eq" gives a string comparison, "==" is numeric... also, you might
consider turning on strict and warnings.
-Tommy
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Thomas S. Dixon
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Pediatric Cardiology
Medical University of South Carolina
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