There are two types of for loop in Perl, the C-style one

for ($x = 1; $x <= 10; $x ++)
{
    ...
}
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and the other sort

for $x ( 1 .. 10 )
{
    ...
}
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Both can be written with foreach instead of for as the former is just a synonym for the latter. See the sections on loops in perlsyn.

Cheers,

JohnGG