whilst scripting is = same as ==?

[SM_3]

Hello

I saw == in a script is it the same as =?

Thanks

[KapilRaj · Accepted solution]

== is used in awk scripts and = in shell scripts. Yes they hv the same meaning.

Kaps

[Bruno Ganino]

YES
Bruno

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

in perl they don't :)

== means the TEST if the left expression is equal to the right expression
= means the ASSIGNMENT of the outcome of the expression on the right to the variable on the left

HTH. Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

[curt larson_1]

all modern programing languages use
== to test for equality and
= for variable assignment.

awk,perl,tcl,c,c++,etc all do this

hp's shell hasn't implemented many of the standard features available with modern programing languages, i.e. floating point numbers, assocative arrays, using pointers to pass values to functions, etc.

hp's shell hasn't implemented ==. with hp's shell = is used both for variable assignment and for testing equality