Thanks!

Three questions:

  1. What is $validator supposed to be? A ref to a subroutine or something else?
  2. None of the output before the prompt is visible until after the prompt is done, what do I do if I want to see that before the prompt?
  3. What if I'm not piping the script into less? How can I see everything after the prompt?

My example code: 

print "A";
print "B";
prompt("Question1:", "", "Wrong answer try again:");
print "C";
print "D";

sub prompt {
   # same as above excpet I commented out the if $validator-> part

}

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when I do 

./myscript.pl | less

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all I see at first is:
Question1:
After I type my answer (which I can't see), I'm in less with just
Question1:
C
D
(END)
I'd like to be able to see A and B too (and before the prompt)

Also if I don't pipe the script into less I don't see anything after the prompt (yes I realize that wasn't part of my original question but it should have been).

In reply to Re^2: Pipping a script with prompts into less (edit script) by xorl
in thread Pipping a script with prompts into less by xorl

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