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From:
merlyn
Date:
November 22, 2010 07:09
Subject:
Re: Fwd: Question related to string to number conversion
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86lj4lo0oh.fsf@red.stonehenge.com
>>>>> "Ritwik" == Ritwik  <ritwik1@gmail.com> writes:

Ritwik> Thanks a lot. While experimenting I just observed:-
Ritwik> the following code:
Ritwik> ================
Ritwik> $x = "0xA";

Ritwik> if ($x >= 0xA && <= 0xE) {

Ritwik>     print ("MATCH\n");

Ritwik> }

Ritwik> ================

Ritwik> The above code snippet:-
Ritwik> Doesn;t work with perl -> 5.10.1, 5.8.2, 5.8.3, 5.8.7, 5.8.9

Ritwik> However this works with -> 5.6.0

Not surprising.  5.6 is long ago deprecated. 5.8.x is still in long-term
maintenance.  You should be moving to 5.10.x now that 5.12.x is already
available. :)

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