Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/adambard/learnxinyminutes-docs

1 files changed, 36 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/perl.html.markdown b/perl.html.markdown
index aac95939..3c0699ad 100644
--- a/perl.html.markdown
+++ b/perl.html.markdown
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ my %fruit_color = ("apple", "red", "banana", "yellow");
 #  You can use whitespace and the "=>" operator to lay them out more nicely:
 
 my %fruit_color = (
-        apple  => "red",
-        banana => "yellow",
-        );
+  apple  => "red",
+  banana => "yellow",
+);
 # Scalars, arrays and hashes are documented more fully in perldata.
 # (perldoc perldata).
 
@@ -60,17 +60,17 @@ my %fruit_color = (
 
 # Perl has most of the usual conditional and looping constructs.
 
-if ( $var ) {
-    ...
-} elsif ( $var eq 'bar' ) {
-    ...
+if ($var) {
+  ...
+} elsif ($var eq 'bar') {
+  ...
 } else {
-    ...
+  ...
 }
 
-unless ( condition ) {
-                   ...
-               }
+unless (condition) {
+  ...
+}
 # This is provided as a more readable version of "if (!condition)"
 
 # the Perlish post-condition way
@@ -78,19 +78,29 @@ print "Yow!" if $zippy;
 print "We have no bananas" unless $bananas;
 
 #  while
-  while ( condition ) {
-                   ...
-               }
+while (condition) {
+  ...
+}
+
 
+# for loops and iteration
+for (my $i = 0; $i < $max; $i++) {
+  print "index is $i";
+}
 
-# for and foreach
-for ($i = 0; $i <= $max; $i++) {
-                   ...
-               }
+for (my $i = 0; $i < @elements; $i++) {
+  print "Current element is " . $elements[$i];
+}
 
-foreach (@array) {
-                   print "This element is $_\n";
-               }
+for my $element (@elements) {
+  print $element;
+}
+
+# implicitly
+
+for (@elements) {
+  print;
+}
 
 
 #### Regular expressions
@@ -129,9 +139,11 @@ my @lines = <$in>;
 # Writing subroutines is easy:
 
 sub logger {
-    my $logmessage = shift;
-    open my $logfile, ">>", "my.log" or die "Could not open my.log: $!";
-    print $logfile $logmessage;
+  my $logmessage = shift;
+
+  open my $logfile, ">>", "my.log" or die "Could not open my.log: $!";
+
+  print $logfile $logmessage;
 }
 
 # Now we can use the subroutine just as any other built-in function: