Joel wrote: > I'm running perl under windows XP and I keep geting this error: > > syntax error at (Directory and filename) Line 6, near " ) > {" > syntax error at (directory and filename) line 9 near "}" > > The source code is below, but this happens with loops in general. Any > ideas? > > ------------------------------------------------ > #!usr/bin/perl > > $a=1000
Need a semicolon at end of this line. > > until ($a==0) > { > print "Counting down to 0 from $a"; > $a--; > } > else (print "Blast off!") "else" cannot be used with "until"; only with "if". This line should just read: print "Blast off!"; HTH -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>