Introduction to Perl 6 screencast - part 1 - scalars

This article is about Perl 6. If you are looking for solution regarding the current production version of Perl 5, please check out the Perl tutorial.

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Direct link to the Perl 6 scalars screencast

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IRC: #perl6 on irc.freenode.net

Perl 6 Code examples

  use v6;
  say "Hello world";


  use v6;
  my $name = prompt "Please type in your name: ";
  say "Hello $name, how are you?";


  use v6;
  my $year = prompt "When were you born? ";
  if $year > 1987 {
    say "You are younger than Perl by { $year - 1987 } years";
  }


  use v6;
  my $year = prompt "When were you born? ";
  if 1995 > $year > 1987 {
    say "You are younger than Perl 1 but older than Perl 5";
  }



  use v6;
  my $luck = prompt "What is your lucky number? ";
  if $luck == 3 or $luck == 7 or $luck == 13 {
    say "Oh, that's like mine";
  }

  if $luck == 3|7|13 {
    say "Oh, that's still like mine";
  }