#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use 5.010; running_sum( 5, 6 ); running_sum( 1..6 ); running_sum( 4 ); sub running_sum { state $sum = 0; state @numbers; foreach my $number ( @_ ) { push @numbers, $number; $sum += $number; } say "The sum of (@numbers) is $sum"; }