I don't often use a do-while loop, but when I was writing
my
Animals program, I found this to be a useful little
trick for interactive input that needs a certain letter.
do {
print "\nDid I guess your animal?\n\n";
} while ($answer=<STDIN>) !~ /^[YN]/i;
## OR
do {
print "\nDo you want to <P>lay again or <Q>uit?\n\n";
} while ($answer=<STDIN>) !~ /^[PQ]/i;
The three newlines help to clear out the users input
and make a nicer looking response if they fail to
answer with a correct letter. Since $answer has already
been set, after the loop you can say:
if ($answer =~ /^P/i) {
## Code for P here
}
## Add some elsifs if > 2 choices
else {
## No need to check the final letter
## Code for Q here
}
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