Rather than using using C-Style for loops, you should probably use Foreach Loops both described in perlsyn. For the numbers case you have given and using Range Operators as described in perlop to generate the list, you could replace: 

my $start_number = 1;
my $end_number = 10;
for (my $i=$start_number; $i<=$end_number; $i++) {
    print "\$i = $i\n";
}

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with the much briefer, clearer (IMHO) and more robust (less prone to bugs): 

foreach my $i (1 .. 10) {
    print "\$i = $i\n";
}

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One of the nice features of range operator is that it operates on letters as well as numbers: 

foreach my $i ('A' .. 'D') {
    print "\$i = $i\n";
}

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In reply to Re: For Statement & Letters by kennethk
in thread For Statement & Letters by thorvid_461

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