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Comparing strings

String comparison uses its own set of operators:

eq | Equal ne | Not equal gt | Greater than ge | Greater than or equal lt | Less than le | Less than or equal

Examples

Examine a few examples of comparing two strings:

say 'alpha' lt 'beta'; # True
say 'word' ne 'Word';  # True
say 'xyz' gt 'xvw';    # True

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