You have a couple of errors, and don't forget to use warnings; and use strict;

First, you forgot a comma after 'ne' in your first pack.

Predeclare %button, and get rid of the my before $button{$i}. 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Tk;

my $mw = new MainWindow;
$mw->geometry("300x300");

my %button;
my $ans = 'foobar';

my $num_screen = $mw->Entry(-width => 40, -state => 'disabled',
                    -textvariable => "$ans")
            ->pack(-pady => 30, -anchor => 'ne', -side => 'top');

my @buttons = ( '9','8','7','6','5','4','3','2','1','0');

for (my $i = 9; $i >= 0; $i--)
{
$button{$i} = $mw->Button(
            -text => "$buttons[$i]",
            -width => '3',
            -height => '3',
            #-command => &numpress($i)) 
            )->pack(-anchor => 'nw', -side => 'top');


}
MainLoop;

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In reply to Re: Syntax error using Tk by zentara
in thread Syntax error using Tk by eoin

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