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Sample PERL Programs
1. Welcome message
#!perl/bin
print "Sample perl prg";
2. Getting and Adding Two Numbers:
#!perl/bin
#print "Enter two numbers ";
$n1 =<>;
chomp($n1);
$n2=<>;
chomp($n2);
$n3 =$n1 +$n2;
#print "Given numbers are ..";
#print $n1,$n2;
print "$n1 +$n2 = $n3";
3. For loop
#!perl/bin
print "Enter a number .. ";
$num=<>;
chomp($num);
for($i=1;$i<=$num;$i++)
{
print $i,"\n";
}
4. User Defined Function
#!perl/bin
print "Enter a number ..";
$n =<>;chomp($n);
sub fact()
{$f =1;
for($i=1;$i<=$_[0];$i++)
{ $f =$f * $i;}
return ($f);
}
$fact_n=&fact($n);
print "Fact of $n =$fact_n";
5. Array
#!perl/bin
print "Enter a numer";
$num=<>;
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chomp($num);
@arr =1..$num;
print "content of array is ..\n";
foreach $val(@arr)
{
print $val,"\n";
}
6. File Write
#!perl/bin
open($fh,">f1_text.txt");
print $fh 10,"AAA\n";
print $fh 20,"BBBBB\n";
print "data written into file";
close($fh);
7. File Read
#!perl/bin
print "Enter file name\n";
$fn =<>;
chomp($fn);
open($fh,$fn);
print "Content of file is\n";
@file_cont =<$fh>;
print @file_cont;
#while($f =<$fh>)
#{ chomp($f);
#print $f;}
close($fh);

8. File Read Loop:
#!perl/bin
print "enter file name to display...\n";
$fname =<>;
chomp($fname);
print "Content of the above file is...\n";
open($fh,$fname);
while($line=<$fh>)
{
print $line;
}
close($line);
9. Display File Content dynamically
#!perl/bin
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print "Enter file name ";
$fn =<>;
chomp($fn);
open($fh,$fn);
print "Content of the file\n";
@cont_file =<$fh>;
print @cont_file;
close($fh);