print "Howdy, world!\n";
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$phrase = "Howdy, world!\n";          # Set a variable.
print $phrase;                        # Print the variable.
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$answer = 42;               # an integer
$pi = 3.14159265;           # a "real" number
$avocados = 6.02e23;        # scientific notation
$pet = "Camel";             # string
$sign = "I love my $pet";   # string with interpolation
$cost = 'It costs $100';    # string without interpolation
$thence = $whence;          # another variable
$x = $moles * $avocados;    # an expression
$cwd = `pwd`;               # string output from a command
$exit = system("vi $x");    # numeric status of a command
$fido = new Camel "Fido";   # an object
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$camels = '123';
print $camels + 1, "\n";
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@home = ("couch", "chair", "table", "stove");
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($potato, $lift, $tennis, $pipe) = @home;
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($alpha,$omega) = ($omega,$alpha);
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$home[0] = "couch";
$home[1] = "chair";
$home[2] = "table";
$home[3] = "stove";
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%longday = ("Sun", "Sunday", "Mon", "Monday", "Tue", "Tuesday",
            "Wed", "Wednesday", "Thu", "Thursday", "Fri",
            "Friday", "Sat", "Saturday");
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%longday = (
    "Sun" => "Sunday",
    "Mon" => "Monday",
    "Tue" => "Tuesday",
    "Wed" => "Wednesday",
    "Thu" => "Thursday",
    "Fri" => "Friday",
    "Sat" => "Saturday",
);
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$wife{"Adam"} = "Eve";
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print "Adam's wife is ", $wife{'Adam'}, ".\n";
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$e = exp(1);   # 2.718281828459, or thereabouts
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Noel 25
Ben 76
Clementine 49
Norm 66
Chris 92
Doug 42
Carol 25
Ben 12
Clementine 0
Norm 66
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% perl -e 'print "Hello, world!\n";'
*****
% perl gradation
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#!/usr/bin/perl
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% gradation
*****
% ../bin/gradation
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#!/bin/sh -- # perl, to stop looping
eval 'exec /usr/bin/perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
    if 0;
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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
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open(SESAME, "filename");               # read from existing file
open(SESAME, "<filename"); # (same thing, explicitly) open(sesame, ">filename" ); # create file and write to it open(sesame, ">>filename" ); # append to existing file open(sesame, "| output-pipe-command" ); # set up an output filter open(sesame, "input-pipe-command |" ); # set up an input filter ***** print stdout "Enter a number: " ; # ask for a number $number=<STDIN>;                        # input the number
print STDOUT "The number is $number\n";   # print the number
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chop($number = <stdin>);    # input number and remove newline
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$number = <stdin>;          # input number
chop($number);              # remove newline
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$a = 123;
$b = 456;
print $a + $b;     # prints 579
print $a . $b;     # prints 123456
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$a = 123;
$b = 3;
print $a * $b;     # prints 369
print $a x $b;     # prints 123123123
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print $a . ' is equal to ' . $b . "\n";    # dot operator
print $a, ' is equal to ', $b, "\n";       # list
print "$a is equal to $b\n";               # interpolation
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print "-" x $scrwid, "\n";
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$a = $b;
$a = $b + 5;
$a = $a * 3;
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$a *= 3;
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$line .= "\n";  # Append newline to $line.
$fill x= 80;    # Make string $fill into 80 repeats of itself.
$val ||= "2";   # Set $val to 2 if it isn't already set.
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chop($number = <stdin>);
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$a = 5;        # $a is assigned 5
$b = ++$a;     # $b is assigned the incremented value of $a, 6
$c = $a--;     # $c is assigned 6, then $a is decremented to 5
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open(GRADES, "grades") or die "Can't open file grades: $!\n";
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-e "/usr/bin/perl" or warn "Perl is improperly installed\n";
-f "/vmunix" and print "Congrats, we seem to be running BSD Unix\n";
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if ($debug_level > 0) {
    # Something has gone wrong.  Tell the user.
    print "Debug: Danger, Will Robinson, danger!\n";
    print "Debug: Answer was '54', expected '42'.\n";
}
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if ($city eq "New York") {
    print "New York is northeast of Washington, D.C.\n";
}
elsif ($city eq "Chicago") {
    print "Chicago is northwest of Washington, D.C.\n";
}
elsif ($city eq "Miami") {
    print "Miami is south of Washington, D.C.  And much warmer!\n";
}
else {
    print "I don't know where $city is, sorry.\n";
}
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unless ($destination eq $home) {
    print "I'm not going home.\n";
}
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while ($tickets_sold <10000) { $available=10000 - $tickets_sold; print "$available tickets are available.  How many would you like: " ; $purchase=<STDIN>;
    chomp($purchase);
    $tickets_sold += $purchase;
}
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print "This show is sold out, please come back later.\n";
*****
 while ($line = <grades>) {
*****
while (@ARGV) {
    process(shift @ARGV);
}
*****
for ($sold = 0; $sold <10000; $sold +=$purchase) { $available=10000 - $sold; print "$available tickets are available.  How many would you like: " ; $purchase=<STDIN>;
    chomp($purchase);
}
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foreach $user (@users) {
    if (-f "$home{$user}/.nexrc") {
        print "$user is cool... they use a perl-aware vi!\n";
    }
}
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foreach $key (sort keys %hash) {
*****
foreach $user (@users) {
    if ($user eq "root" or $user eq "lp") {
        next;
    }
    if ($user eq "special") {
        print "Found the special account.\n";
        # do some processing
        last;
    }
}
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LINE: while ($line = <article>) {
    last LINE if $line eq "\n"; # stop on first blank line
    next LINE if /^#/;          # skip comment lines
    # your ad here
}
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while ($line = <file>) {
    if ($line =~ /http:/) {
        print $line;
    }
}
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while (<file>) {
    print if /http:/;
}
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while (<file>) {
    print if /http:/;
    print if /ftp:/;
    print if /mailto:/;
    # What next?
}
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$_ = "fred xxxxxxx barney";
s/x*//;
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/\bFred\b/
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next LINE if /^#/;
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s/(\S+)\s+(\S+)/$2 $1/
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@array = (1 + 2, 3 - 4, 5 * 6, 7 / 8);
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sort @guys, @gals, other();
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print reverse sort map {lc} keys %hash;
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