#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; ###@words = ("camel", "llama", "alpaca"); ### ### #or ### #@words = qw(camel llama alpaca); # qw acts to specify "" to each variable ### ### Above shows the use of an 'array' - the following describes an 'hash' shown as %a (see 'pinky' for full program) %words = qw ( fred camel barney llama betty alpaca wilma alpaca ); print "What is your name? "; $name = <>; chomp $name; if ($name eq "pete") { print "Hello, $name! \n"; } else { print "Hello $name,\n "; #next section has 2 possible routes $secretword = $words{$name}; if (! defined $secretword) {$secretword = "groucho"; } # or # $secretword = $words{$name} || 'groucho'; # || = OR therfore this states # if names exisits then set it if not then all other = groucho. print "What's the secret word ?\n"; $guess = <>; chomp ($guess); while ($guess ne $secretword) { print " Niet - try again, What is the secret word ? \n"; $guess = <>; chomp ($guess); } }