Questions about about what happens after user input

ROB6789 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

with the program

print "hey, whats your name?\n";
chomp($name = <STDIN>);
print "hello, $name!";
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(THE PROBLEM THAT I AM HAVING IS THAT, ONCE I GET PAST WHERE YOU ENTER YOUR NAME, THE PROGRAM SHUTS OFF, ANY IDEAS AS TO WHY?)

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Re: Questions about about what happens after user input by Popcorn Dave (Abbot) on Feb 06, 2005 at 19:53 UTC
Something else you may want to consider is an editor that will let you run your code and see the results. I'm using Context and have set it up so that the F12 key checks to make sure I don't have any syntax errors and F9 runs my code. Context is a free editor that works for Perl in addition to many other languages. Useless trivia: In the 2004 Las Vegas phone book there are approximately 28 pages of ads for massage, but almost 200 for lawyers.	[reply]
Re: Questions about about what happens after user input by Anonymous Monk on Feb 06, 2005 at 05:18 UTC
First of all, no one is dumb. You are clearly showing some sign of intelligence by declaring defeat, and moreover, asking for help. As far as your question, I tried your code and it appears works fine. Justin Janitors note: Parent node was retitled by author from "i know, im a retard. dont make fun."	[reply]
Re^2: Questions about about what happens after user input by jpk236 (Monk) on Feb 06, 2005 at 05:19 UTC
I apparently was not logged in. :( Justin	[reply]
Re^3: Questions about about what happens after user input by ROB6789 (Novice) on Feb 06, 2005 at 05:29 UTC
Justin, what im learning is that... with my windows operating system... i have to use activeperl and that is different from all of the other operating system's interpriters...	[reply]
Re^4: Questions about about what happens after user input by Tanktalus (Canon) on Feb 06, 2005 at 05:36 UTC
Re^5: Questions about about what happens after user input by holli (Abbot) on Feb 06, 2005 at 14:32 UTC
Re^4: Questions about about what happens after user input by punkish (Priest) on Feb 06, 2005 at 05:31 UTC
Re^5: Questions about about what happens after user input by ROB6789 (Novice) on Feb 06, 2005 at 05:36 UTC
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