Find a problems you are interested in solving and that you can solve with reasonable effort. That is of course difficult in itself because it can be very hard to know how difficult a problem is. It can also be difficult finding a source of problems.

At least PerlMonks can help out with providing problems. Have a look at some of the questions people have posted in the past. Some of them will match your abilities well. Then either play around trying to find solutions yourself, or try out the solutions offered in replies and figure out how they work. That lets you see a wide range of real world problems with an even wider range of solutions.

True laziness is hard work

In reply to Re: Experiencing boredom when practicing and learning perl why? by GrandFather
in thread Experiencing boredom when practicing and learning perl why? by 5plit_func

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