#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; local $\ = "\n"; my %math = ( 'addition' => { 'result' => 'sum', 'operator' => '+', 'function' => sub {my ($i,$j) = @_; return $i + $j}, }, 'subtraction' => { 'result' => 'difference', 'operator' => '-', 'function' => sub {my ($i,$j) = @_; return $i - $j}, }, 'multiplication' => { 'result' => 'product', 'operator' => '*', 'function' => sub {my ($i,$j) = @_; return $i * $j}, }, 'division' => { 'result' => 'quotient', 'operator' => '/', 'function' => sub {my ($i,$j) = @_; return $i / $j}, }, ); my $operation = (keys %math)[rand keys %math]; sub random_number { return (1..5)[rand 5]; } my $random_number_1 = random_number(); my $random_number_2 = random_number(); sub math_answer { my ($answer) = @_; if ($answer eq "hint") { return qq($random_number_1 $math{$operation}{'operator'} $random_number_2); my $user_answer = <>; answer($user_answer); } elsif ($answer == int($math{$operation}{'function'}->($random_number_1,$random_number_2))) { return "True"; } else { return "False"; } } print qq(What is the $math{$operation}{'result'} of $random_number_1 and $random_number_2 to the nearest integer? (type "hint" to show the equation)); my $user_answer = <>; chomp $user_answer; print math_answer($user_answer);