Re: comparing two binary numbers

"John W. Krahn" schreef:
> Johnson Lau:

>> I need to compare two binary numbers and need perl to return the
>> number of matching bits. For example:
>>     $aaa = "10111100";
>>     $bbb = "00101100";
>
> Those aren't binary numbers, they are strings.

I don't mind reading "binary number" as "some base-two representation of
a number".

The word "number" is often used for an encoded stream of digits.

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