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why do you use &quot;my&quot;? <br />
And why chomp and not chop?<br />
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There's a diference if a use it like <br />
$number = &lt;STDIN&gt;;<br />
chop ($number);
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why do you use "my"?
And why chomp and not chop?

There's a diference if a use it like
$number = <STDIN>;
chop ($number);

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Also if I put 125 for ex. It't thinks it is 1 and not 125<br />
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Sorry about my english... I speak spanish.
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Also if I put 125 for ex. It't thinks it is 1 and not 125

Sorry about my english... I speak spanish.

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I used my so the code would pass &quot;use strict;&quot;<br />
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chomp is safer in that it only removes $/<br />

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I used my so the code would pass "use strict;"

chomp is safer in that it only removes $/


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Also if I put 125 for ex. It't thinks it is 1 and not 12<br />
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&nbsp;ge is a string comnpare, use &gt;= to compare numbers
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Also if I put 125 for ex. It't thinks it is 1 and not 12

 ge is a string comnpare, use >= to compare numbers

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Thank's so mucho... This is my first day on perl... I have to learn &nbsp;a lot.<br />

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Thank's so mucho... This is my first day on perl... I have to learn  a lot.


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Hello, this is my first day using perl and site experts-exchange.com to.<br />
<br />
I making a single perl script to read from a text file and then ask for an action. &nbsp;<br />
chop ($number);<br />
if ($number eq 4){<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;print &quot;Cool.\n\n&quot;;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;}<br />
if ($number ge 5){<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;print &quot;That's to much!\n\n&quot;;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;}<br />
else {<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;print &quot;That's Nothing&quot;;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;}<br />
<br />
If I put 3 or less it says &nbsp;&quot;That's Nothing&quot; (OK)<br />
If I put 5 or more it says &nbsp;&quot;That's to much!&quot;; (OK)<br />
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But why if I set eq 4 says &quot;Cool.&quot; when I put 4 it says<br />
&quot;Cool.&quot; &nbsp; - and also - &nbsp; &quot;That's Nothing&quot;<br />
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Hello, this is my first day using perl and site experts-exchange.com to.

I making a single perl script to read from a text file and then ask for an action.  
chop ($number);
if ($number eq 4){
     print "Cool.\n\n";
     }
if ($number ge 5){
     print "That's to much!\n\n";
     }
else {
     print "That's Nothing";
     }

If I put 3 or less it says  "That's Nothing" (OK)
If I put 5 or more it says  "That's to much!"; (OK)

But why if I set eq 4 says "Cool." when I put 4 it says
"Cool."   - and also -   "That's Nothing"



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