my $numberone = "22"; my $numbertwo = "55"; if ($numberone != $numbertwo) { print "$numberone is clearly less than $numbertwo.\n"; } #------------------------------------- my $numberthree = "77"; if ($numberone == $numbertwo) { print "Why would you think $numberone equals $numbertwo?\n"; } else { print "What does $numberthree have to do with any of this?\n"; }