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From: worlman385 on 7 Feb 2007 15:59
for the code below i got error at line 14
if ( $string1 gt $string2 )
print "$string1 $string2";

what's the problem?

thanks


print "Enter the first string: ";
$string1 = <STDIN>;
print "Enter the second string: ";
$string2 = <STDIN>;

chomp $string1;
chomp $string2;

if ( $string1 gt $string2 )
print "$string1 $string2";
elsif ( $string1 lt $string2 )
print "$string2 $string1";
elsif ( $string1 eq $string2 )
print "$string1\n$string2";

exit;

From: FeelLikeANut on 7 Feb 2007 16:12
On Feb 7, 3:59 pm, worlman...(a)yahoo.com wrote:
> for the code below i got error at line 14
> if ( $string1 gt $string2 )
> print "$string1 $string2";
>
> what's the problem?
>
> thanks
>
> print "Enter the first string: ";
> $string1 = <STDIN>;
> print "Enter the second string: ";
> $string2 = <STDIN>;
>
> chomp $string1;
> chomp $string2;
>
> if ( $string1 gt $string2 )
> print "$string1 $string2";
> elsif ( $string1 lt $string2 )
> print "$string2 $string1";
> elsif ( $string1 eq $string2 )
> print "$string1\n$string2";
>
> exit;

Perl requires curly braces around even one-lined if statements.

if ( $string1 gt $string2 ) {
print "$string1 $string2";
}

From: John Bokma on 7 Feb 2007 17:01
worlman385(a)yahoo.com wrote:

> for the code below i got error at line 14
> if ( $string1 gt $string2 )
> print "$string1 $string2";
>
> what's the problem?

You not posting the exact error message...

--
John

Installing DBD-mysql with ActiveState Perl
http://johnbokma.com/perl/installing-dbd-mysql-active-state.html
From: Petr Vileta on 7 Feb 2007 18:19
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> On Feb 7, 3:59 pm, worlman...(a)yahoo.com wrote:
>> for the code below i got error at line 14
>> if ( $string1 gt $string2 )
>> print "$string1 $string2";
>>
>
> Perl requires curly braces around even one-lined if statements.
>
> if ( $string1 gt $string2 ) {
> print "$string1 $string2";
> }
>
Or you can use reverse IF syntax

print "$string1 $string2" if ( $string1 gt $string2 );

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