Re^2: Loop and Add more cookies

For better understanding I'm just going to tell you simple

Our teacher gave us this script and we should figure out the answer -> what to type so the loop would end-> in the command prompt, without changing the script. (We had programming just twice, so i am a total noob). I am German therefor the script is in German (what is actually stupid if you teach an English programming language...), so i decided to transcribe it into English to simplify and to not confuse any of you, but it seems i wasn't clear enough, plus i made some mistakes while changing.

And so i hope you can help me out:)

 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 #
 # Krümelmonster

 $ZAHL = 1;
 $kekse = "";


 while ( $kekse ne "KEKSE"x$ZAHL."E " x $ZAHL, ) {
   $ZAHL =++$ZAHL;
   print "Kruemelmonster: Ich will"." KEKSE"x$ZAHL."E" x $ZAHL, "!\n";
   chomp($kekse = <STDIN>);
 }

 print "Mmmm. $ZAHL KEKSE. :-)\n";



 exit;
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Re^3: Loop and Add more cookies by choroba (Cardinal) on Oct 12, 2015 at 20:30 UTC
After the first input, $ZAHL is 2, because `$ZAHL =++$ZAHL` [download] increases its value. I'm not sure why your teacher showed you this construct, as there are many easier ways how to add one to a variable: `$x++; ++$x; $x += 1; $x = $x + 1;` [download] Therefore, the input is compared to `"KEKSE" x 2 . "E " x 2` [download] i.e. `KEKSEKEKSEE E ~~~~~ ~~ once E + space ~~~~ twice ~~ E + space` [download] لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Loop and Add more cookies by Accelerator (Initiate) on Oct 12, 2015 at 20:57 UTC
Thank you so much and i even understand how you got to that point, man you made my day, just glad to finally understand this :*D	[reply]