My fellow monks,

What is the difference between for and foreach (other than four letters?)
It is my understanding that they really tend to act similarly, for example:
print "hi\n" foreach (1..3);
print "hi\n" for (1..3);

print $_ for('hi','over','there');
print $_ foreach('hi','over','there');

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Now I realize that there is always the original (and some would consider normal) purpose for the for loop:
for(my $i = 0;$i < 2;$i++)

But other than that, are they any different? Is there anything else that one is better suited for than the other?

Thanks, Regretfully, this has probably already been asked, however I've been having a lot of bad luck with the search function lately...


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