You can use the power of eval to get rid of this block: 
if ($x == "0"){ $num_c = $num_a + $num_b }
if ($x == "1"){ $num_c = $num_a - $num_b }
if ($x == "2"){ $num_c = $num_a * $num_b }

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like so: 
# ...
my $equat = "$num_a $symbols[$x] $num_b";
print "$equat = ";
# ...
$num_c = eval $equat;
# ...

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And there is really nothing wrong with the way you store the high score, but you might be better off in the long run keeping a format like: 
score:name
in case you want to keep a top 10 list - much easier to parse. :)

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

In reply to (jeffa) Re: maths-thing by jeffa
in thread maths-thing by Gordy

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