#!/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use diagnostics;
use Term::ANSIColor;
use JSON;
use Data::Dumper;

open(my $fh, '<', '/home/david/dev/linux.json');
my $json_text = <$fh>;
my $test_scalar = decode_json($json_text);

my $max = 10;
my $count = 0;
my $quit = 0;

sub reddit {
        while ($count <= $max) {
                print colored ['red'], "-> $test_scalar->{data}{childr
+en}[$count]{data}{title}\n";
                print colored ['yellow'], "$test_scalar->{data}{childr
+en}[$count]{data}{url}\n";
                $count++;
        }
}

reddit();

my $wait = <STDIN>;
chomp($wait);

if ($wait eq '\cR') {
        reddit();
}

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I have a problem with executing a subroutine when an IF-statement evaluates to true. What am I doing wrong? The only thing that happends when I press control+r is that the script exits. The code isn't pretty, any pointers on how to make this code prettier are welcome! Regards, David

In reply to Executing a subroutine in an IF by david_l

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