In the first case, the scope of the $number variable is one iteration. Upon the next iteration, a new $number is created, and then tested whether or not it is equal to 10. It never will be; it's brand-spankin'-new.

On the second version, it should be pretty obvious that $number is never being declared, which is a strictures violation.

The third example is the only one that will work, because the lifetime of the $number variable needs to persist past the end of each iteration. The conditional test takes place at the beginning of the next iteration, so the variable's life must outlive the block in order to be tested.

You might be thinking of while( my $input = <DATA> ) { .... }, which works because the expression populates $input from the <DATA> iterator before the conditional is tested.


Dave


In reply to Re: Variable scope in while loop by davido
in thread Variable scope in while loop by euswdwj

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