On Wednesday, Oct 29, 2003, at 08:28 US/Pacific, Rick Triplett wrote:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
print "Enter the radius: \n";
chomp ($radius = );
$area = $radius*$radius*3.14
--^
normally that would need to have a ";"
to close it out.
if ( $radius <= 0 ) {
print "Th
I believe that you need a semicolon after $area = $radius*$radius*3.14
Try that.
Andrew
-Original Message-
From: Rick Triplett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 11:29 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: help with syntax error
Can someone please help me find the
Can someone please help me find the syntax error in the following
practice exercise. The perl compiler says: syntax error at line 7 near
") {" but I cannot see it!
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
print "Enter the radius: \n";
chomp ($radius = );
$area = $radius*$radius*3.14
if ( $radius <= 0 ) {
pr
