"Well that wasn't the point I was trying to make :)"

I know, but... hmmm.

Getting back to your questions...

Let's rewrite your loop:

my $var=0;
{
  $var=1;
  while ($var < 10) {
    print "$var";
    $var++;
  }
}
print "\n$var \n";
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The for loop adds to $var, then checks condition, then breaks loop. It doesn't say would I break the condition if I added one to $var, so $var is 10.

Also, you don't declare $var as being local to the loop. So, look at this:

my $var=0;
foreach (my $var=1; $var < 10; ++$var){
    print $var;
}
print "\n$var \n";
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Or, as written above:

my $var=0;
{
  my $var=1;
  while ($var < 10) {
    print "$var";
    $var++;
  }
}
print "\n$var \n";
[download]

Seem clearer now?

cLive ;-)

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