My first step

storulis on 2005-06-28T08:45:53

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "\"Hello World\"\n";
print "I think this step was not difficult\n";

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First tip

jplindstrom on 2005-06-28T12:12:25

The quoting on the line

print "\"Hello World\"\n";

may be written as

print qq|"Hello World"\n|;
print qq{"Hello World"\n};

to avoid escaping the doublequote char (for less cluttered code).

(type "perldoc perlop" and search for "Quote-like" to read more)

I guess those small things is what makes people say Perl code is unreadable. No, wait!?! That doesn't seem right...

Welcome to the community!

davebaker on 2005-06-28T13:54:04

I'd suggest this as a good second line:

use strict;

It's a good habit to get into. Spots many common errors and points them out to you, when you try to run the script. Even finds them before you try to run the script, if you use the "-c" option from the commandline. For example:

perl -c myscript.pl

For even more information about possible trouble spots in your program, add this line, too (up towards the top somewhere):

use warnings;

While you're learning, you'll get more verbose (explanatory) error messages if you use this line, too (up towards the top somewhere):

use diagnostics;

What's your second script? :) Post it!