I have a subroutine that I cannot modify, that asks a number of yes-no style questions and waits for STDIN before continuing. I would like to invoke this subroutine and feed it yes to all the questions. How do I do this? (To clarify on what I am trying to do see the following exemplary pseudo-code. I know some of the syntax is not proper Perl. )
sub askQuestions()
{
my $answer;
my $isHumane;
my $isStinky;
print "Are you humane? ";
$answer = getStringReadFromStdin(); # Will wait for input.
if ($anwser eq "yes") {
$isHumane = 1;
} else {
$isHumane = 0;
# Should be ashamed of yourself
}
print "Do you smell? ";
$answer = getStringReadFromStdin(); # Will wait for input.
if ($anwser eq "yes") {
$isStinky = 1;
# Take a shower.
} else {
$isStinky = 0;
}
}
sub askQuestionWrapper()
{
while (askQuestions() << print "yes") {
}
}
askQuestionWrapper();
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