CODE EXAMPLE FOR PERL

Perl - Common Conditional Statements

#if, elseif, else

if ($myNumber == 5)
{
    print "My Number is Five 
";
}

elsif ($myNumber == 3.14)
{
    print "My Number is Pi 
";
}

else
{
    print "My Number is neither Five nor Pi 

"
}


#while loop
while ($myNumber != 0) #could do: until ($myNumber == 0)
{
    print "My Number is: ", $myNumber, "
";
    $myNumber -= 1;
}

print "
";

#for loop
for ($myNumber = 0; $myNumber < 5; $myNumber++)
{
    print "My Number is: ", $myNumber, "
";
}

print "
";

#foreach loop
foreach my $currentElement (@myList)
{
    print "The current element is: ", $currentElement, "
";
}