[SOLVED] perl numeric variable "overflow" problem

[raphi078]

Hello users, my problem is this:

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;

my $number1 = 50000000000000000000000;
my $number2 = 50000000000000000000001;

if ($number1 == $number2) {
  print "Nummern sind identisch\n";
}
else {
  print "Nummern sind nicht identisch\n";
}

and perl say: yes, this are the same numbers (above 19digits, btw. if perl switch to exponential).

But this is not true. Is there any solution? The numbers couldn't be lesser!

Thanks for any idea/solution.
raphael

[wje_lf]

You have not an overflow problem, but a precision problem. Go here. I've never actually used this, but in Perl that's where you should go.

Hope this helps.

[raphi078]

Yes, this is exactly what I need. Thank you!
Raphael