[Dancer-users] befuddling Dancer error

I have the following code if (defined $h) { $h = ($h == $nodata_valu) ? $nodata_desc : sprintf("%.2f", $h); debug "h: $h, nodata: $nodata_valu"; } which results in the following log entry [63130] debug @0.154003> [hit #4]h: 0.00, nodata: -3.40282346638529e+38 Yet,I get the following Dancer error Warning caught during route execution: Argument "" isn't numeric in numeric eq (==) at if (defined $h) { $h = ($h == $nodata_valu) ? $nodata_desc : sprintf("%.2f", $h); debug "h: $h, nodata: $nodata_valu"; } what gives? -- Puneet Kishor