# a perl koan designed for a true perl monk sub zen { my $coderef = shift; # the code ref is a &$coderef; # Find the inner meaning }; zen (sub { print "How can I put a variable that is only visable to zen from within this anon code block?"; }); # mdupont #### sub Alpha { my $param=shift; { # this is an anonymous code block return; #this leaves the sub, not just the block } print "Do you see me?\n"; } sub Bravo { my $n=shift; ANONYMOUS:{ #print "$n\n"; last ANONYMOUS if !$n; $n-- && redo ANONYMOUS if $n>10; print "$n\n"; $n-- && redo ANONYMOUS if $n>5; } } Alpha; Bravo(20); #### sub zen { my $art=shift; my $motorcycle=$art->('of'); print $$motorcycle.'='.(caller(0))[3]; } zen sub{return \'maintainance' if $_[0]=='of'};