use strict; use warnings; my $secret=42; my $guess; while(1) { print "please enter a guess from 1 to 100: "; chomp($guess = ); if ($guess =~ /quit|exit|^s*$/i){ print " sorry you gave up.the number was $secret.\n"; last; } if ($guess != $secret) { print "Wrong! Guess again.\n"; }else{ print "Correct!\n"; last; } }