I have just started learning perl a few weeks ago , I am facing a doubt in the below code . The program is supposed to give the count of number of times each word has appeared , but the output is not as expected. When I give this input : Perl
Programming
Perl
java
C++
Perl
Expected output :
C++ has appeared 1 times
java has appeared 1 times
Perl has appeared 3 times
Programming has appeared 1 times
Actual output :
C++
has appeared 1 times
Perl has appeared 1 times
Perl
has appeared 2 times
Programming
has appeared 1 times
java
has appeared 1 times
I am a total beginner in perl and programming too , kindly pardon me if I have asked any silly question , but do correct me so I can learn from my mistake , thanks ! 

 
#! /usr/bin/perl

my (@words , %count , $words);

chomp(@words = <STDIN>);

foreach $words (@words){
$count{$words} += 1;
}

foreach $word (sort keys %count){
print "$word has appeared $count{$word} times\n";
}

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In reply to Doubt in code - Beginner in perl by Perl_Programmer1992

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