$wt = $ARGV[0]; $min = 1; $price = 10; while ($wt ne '') { $nwt = abs($wt); $nwt = $min if $nwt<$min; $total = $nwt*$price; $total = -$total if $wt<0; print "Price: $total\n"; print "Next Weight: "; chomp($wt = ); }