Hello euswdwj, and welcome to the Monastery!

In the case where the scope of the loop variable does not need to extend beyond the loop itself, a C-style for loop may be preferable to the more usual while:

#! perl
use Modern::Perl;

my $number = 7;
print "Before the loop, \$number is $number\n\n";

for (my $number = 0; $number != 10;)
{
    print 'Please enter a number (10 to quit): ';
    chomp($number = <STDIN>);
    print "You entered: $number\n";
}

print "\nAfter the loop, \$number is $number\n";
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Sample run:

12:34 >perl 438_SoPW.pl
Before the loop, $number is 7

Please enter a number (10 to quit): 1
You entered: 1
Please enter a number (10 to quit): 0
You entered: 0
Please enter a number (10 to quit): 100
You entered: 100
Please enter a number (10 to quit): 10
You entered: 10

After the loop, $number is 7

12:35 >
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Hope that helps,

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