Hi My program was to ask user a password which should be entered with '*' masking. And after user entered the password, user will be asked to enter another Input, text of which will be visible. For linux its ok. But for windows i am trying to use Windows::Console The code is

use warnings;
use Win32::Console;

sub readPasswordWindows {
    my $pwdText = shift;
    my $inputValue = "";
    my $StdIn = Win32::Console->new(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
    my $orig_mode = $StdIn->Mode();
    
       $StdIn->Mode(ENABLE_PROCESSED_INPUT);
       my $Password = promptPassword($StdIn, $pwdText, '*');
    print "\nPassword = $Password\n";
    $StdIn->Mode($orig_mode);
    
    return $Password;
}

sub promptPassword {
    my ($handle, $prompt, $mask) = @_;
    my ($Password);
    local $| = 1;
    print $prompt;
    $handle->Flush;
    while (my $Data = $handle->InputChar(1)) {
        last if "\r" eq $Data;

        if ("\ch" eq $Data ) {
            if ( "" ne chop( $Password )) {
                print "\ch \ch";
            }
            next;
        }
        $Password .= $Data;
        print $mask;
    }
    return $Password;
}

sub readInput(){
    my $ip  ="";
    print " \n Input : ";
    
    $ip = <STDIN>;
    print "\n input was = $ip";
return;
}
my $pw = readPasswordWindows("Enter password: ");
readInput();
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......................................... This program gives me error in taking input and says: use of uninitialized value in print for $ip Now if i modify my program a bit by calling the readInput(); as last statement from function promptPassword() it all works fine. The code for which is

use warnings;
use Win32::Console;

sub readPasswordWindows {
    my $pwdText = shift;
    my $inputValue = "";
    my $StdIn = Win32::Console->new(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
        my $orig_mode = $StdIn->Mode();
    
       $StdIn->Mode(ENABLE_PROCESSED_INPUT);
       my $Password = promptPassword($StdIn, $pwdText, '*');
    print "\nPassword = $Password\n";
    $StdIn->Mode($orig_mode);
    readInput();
    return $Password;
}

sub promptPassword {
    my ($handle, $prompt, $mask) = @_;
    my ($Password);
    local $| = 1;
    print $prompt;
    $handle->Flush;
    while (my $Data = $handle->InputChar(1)) {
        last if "\r" eq $Data;

        if ("\ch" eq $Data ) {
            if ( "" ne chop( $Password )) {
                print "\ch \ch";
            }
            next;
        }
        $Password .= $Data;
        print $mask;
    }
    return $Password;
}

sub readInput(){
    my $ip  ="";
    print " \n Input : ";
    
    $ip = <STDIN>;
    print "\n input was = $ip";
return;
}
my $pw = readPasswordWindows("Enter password: ");
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as far as i am concerned both the programs are same. But a tweaking in program gives problem with using stdin

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