On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 03:27:49PM +0100, Dr.Ruud wrote:
> On 2013-10-27 04:00, Mayuresh Kathe wrote:
>
> >#!/usr/bin/perl -w
> >
> >use strict;
> >use warnings;
> >
> >my $exponent = $ARGV[0];
> >my $number = 2;
> >my $result = $number;
> >
> >if ( not defined $exponent ) {
> > die "Usage: $0 <exponent>\n";
> >}
>
> You have a die() there, so no indent needed. Alternative:
>
> # assertions
> defined $exponent
> or die "Usage: $0 <exponent>\n";
>
>
> >else {
> > for ( my $count = 1 ; $count < $exponent ; $count++ ) {
> > $result = $result * $number;
> > }
> > print "$result\n";
> >}
> >
> >exit(0);
> >----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The code would then look more like:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> use strict;
> use warnings;
>
> my $exponent = $ARGV[0];
> my $number = 2;
> my $result = $number;
>
> # assertions
> defined $exponent
> or die "Usage: $0 <exponent>\n";
>
> $result *= $number for 2 .. $exponent;
>
> print "$result\n";
>
> __END__
>
> The code acts funny with exponents <= 0, or (for example) 1.5.
>
> See also perlop, about the ** operator.
Thanks for the tip Dr. Ruud, but, I've still not reached that level of
Perl programming maturity to run with such stuff... :)
I'll get there eventually, that's for sure.
Best,
~Mayuresh
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