use strict; use warnings; my $i=0; $i=+3; print "$i\n"; # no errors, so far, prints 3, so we should be fine...? $i=+3; # better try again print "$i\n"; # still prints 3, so something must be wrong! $i=$i+3; # check whether Perl works correctly... print "$i\n"; # prints 6, what a relief