So, i wrote this simple script to check for prime numbers. Anyways i keep getting a syntax error, but can't figure out what it is. So this is the code:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w # vanillaPrimes.pl use strict; my $divider; # Used for testing file. open FILE, "<", "DATA1.txt" or die $!; # Open a file or return error. open oFILE, "+>>", "OUT1.txt" or die $!; # Used to write answer. my $numInput = <FILE>; # Getting the line from file. chomp($numInput); # removing a newline, just in case. my $half; if($numInput % $divider == 0){ $half = $numInput/2 } else { $half = ($numInput - 1)/2 } foreach($divider..$half){ if($numInput % $divider == 0){ print oFILE "not"; } else { print oFILE "prime"; } } close(FILE); close(oFILE);
And this is the error i have.
syntax error at vanillaPrimes.pl line 13, near "){"
Execution of vanillaPrimes.pl aborted due to compilation errors.
This is line 13.
foreach($divider..$half){
Thanks for the help, and please don't make a new script :) just help me with the error. Thanks!

In reply to Simple Syntax Error? Can't Find? by The Elite Noob

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