I am quite confused by this simple perl loop. I need to have a prompt to ask for a number. If the Number is higher or lower than a specific range, it will reply with a "Sorry, my bad" answer and loop back to the question. Once the number falls between the range, it will let the user out of the loop.

Here is my current attempt...

#!/usr/bin/perl
$COUNT = 1;
if ($COUNT = 1)
  {
    print "What is the number?  ";
    $NUM1 = <STDIN> ;
    chomp ($NUM1);
  }
elsif
{
$OCT1_COUNT++;
}
else (($NUM1 < 1) && ($NUM1 > 10))
{
print "That number is not between 1 and 10.\n";
}

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Original content restored above by GrandFather

Thanks for all who gave some advice. I used the following to solve my problem after I had a moment to think about it.

$COUNT = 1;
while ($COUNT = 1)
{
  print "What is the number?  ";
  $NUM1 = <STDIN> ;
    if (($NUM1 < 1) || ($NUM1 > 10))
      {
    print "That number is not between 1 and 10.\n";
      }
    else
      {
    chomp ($NUM1);
    $NUM1_COUNT++;
      }
}

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In reply to Perl script asking question and staying in a loop by TheBigAmbulance

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