string compare

[missoula]

$string1 eq $string2

will the above just compare the first letter of the 2 strings or
compare the whole string.

 

[John Bokma]

$string1 eq $string2

will the above just compare the first letter of the 2 strings or
compare the whole string.

If in doubt *always* check the documentation. Don't waste time of other
people.

 

[Sherm Pendley]

$string1 eq $string2

will the above just compare the first letter of the 2 strings or
compare the whole string.

The whole string. If you want to compare just the first character of two
strings, one way is to use eq and substr together:

if (substr($string1,0,1) eq substr($string2,0,1)) {
# First characters match.
}

sherm--