Ok, that was relevant information. I'm inferring that you're just clicking on your .pl file ... which can work, but isn't exactly the best way to test/debug your perl code. (Nor is using wordpad or notepad the best editor for programming in - you may want to check out other editors. Just asking about favourite programming editors may get a lot of --'s thrown about - it's a very religious topic in most programming circles, so it's usually avoided.)

Hit Start->Run and type "cmd". From there, run your perl script (you may have to cd to the right directory - and you may need to run it as "perl <script.pl>"). When it's done, you'll get your command prompt back, and still be able to see everything the perl code did.

Other alternatives include putting another "my $junk = <STDIN>;" at the end of your code which will cause the program to pause until you hit enter. But, IMO, programmers should become friendly with the command shell - it's just too useful to avoid.

In reply to Re^4: Questions about about what happens after user input by Tanktalus
in thread Questions about about what happens after user input by ROB6789

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.