#!/usr/bin/perl
use autodie;
use strict;
use warnings;
my $messagetouser= "What is your favorite Color?";
my $ans = tryagain5 ( $messagetouser );
if ($ans) 
    {
    print "$ans\n";
    }
else 
    { 
    print "You didn't reply! Goodbye.\n";
    exit;
    }
#print $answer, "\n";

sub callandresponse{
my ($messagetouser)=@_;
print $messagetouser,"\n";
while(<STDIN>){
chomp $_;
 return $_;
}
}

sub tryagain5 {
my($messagetouser)=@_;
my $ans = callandresponse ($messagetouser);
my $count=1;
while ($count < 5 && !($ans=~ /\A\s*\z/)) 
    { $count++;
    $ans = callandresponse ($messagetouser);
    }
if ($ans =~ /^\s*\n/)
    {
    return 0;
    }
    else
    { return $ans;}

}
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