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Getting Input in Perl Scripts

    



# Note the extra space after the question mark.

print "What is your favorite scripting language? ";



$lang = <STDIN>;



chomp($lang);



if ( $lang eq "perl" ) {

    print "you chose perl!\n";

} else {

    print "$lang ";

}

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