#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; print "Enter no of days older : \n"; $days = ; chomp $days; if ($days = ~ /^\s*[1-9][0-9]*\s*$/) { print "Inside if : $days \n\n"; } else { print "Inside else \n\n"; } #### Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at ./tt.pl line 8, line 1.