How do i read input from the user in perl?

giraffelife

Link: http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/chomp.html

If you require input from the user, you this will be done using standard input, which is usually the computer keyboard. In the perl you use the line input operator <STDIN> see the example code.

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Who is this? ";
$readline = <STDIN>;
chomp($readline);
if ($readline eq "Eva") {
  print "Big Up from $readline!\n";
} else {
  print "This is not Eva, it's $readline.\n";
}

The chomp keyword/operator removes any trailing string from the $readline variable.
Run the program

$ ./myperl3
Who is this? Eva
Big Up from Eva!
$ ./myperl3
Who is this? Hillary
This is not Eva, it's Hillary.