Update: Perl6 added to end of subject.

Welcome to the monastery, jibberjabber! Since you are just starting down your Perl journey, you might want to consider taking the new Perl 6 path. (See all the buzz of Perl 5's sister language, recently released Perl 6, at http://perl6.org). For comparison with Perl 5, I have translated your code (and contributions by jcb and choroba) into Perl 6:

#!/usr/bin/env perl6

say q:heredoc/END/;
Type in the correct answer,
Hit enter key to continue, if it is not correct
the program will not move on to a new problem,
think about your answer, and try again, when it is
the correct answer, it will tell you,
and give a new problem.
END

while 1 {
  my $random  = 11.rand.Int;
  my $random2 = 11.rand.Int;
  say "$random x $random2";
  my $x = $random * $random2;

  while 1 {
    my $answer = get;
    if ($answer eq $x) {
      say "Great, $answer is correct.";
      say "Hit enter to continue, Ctrl+C to exit.";
      get;
      last;
    }
    else {
      say "Sorry, $x is not correct, please try again.";
    }
  }
}

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Note that in Perl 6, the strict and warnings pragmas are the default so do not have to be explicitly used.

In reply to Re: Basic Times Table excercise [Perl6] by u65
in thread Basic Times Table excercise by jibberjabber

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