Re^5: Is there a way to compare strings without using an array? (say)


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Re^5: Is there a way to compare strings without using an array? (say)

by ikegami (Patriarch)

on Oct 18, 2011 at 22:49 UTC ( [id://932256]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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use feature qw( say ); or equivalent is required for backwards compatibility reasons. Many scripts and modules already had a sub named say when say was added to Perl, so it's not available by default in order to avoid breaking these scripts and modules.