ch06.076_prob

Perl Best Practices the source code

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## Code fragment (NOT RECOMMENDED) from Chapter 6 of "Perl Best Practices"  ##
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# Standard modules...
use strict;
use warnings;
use IO::Prompt;
use Carp;
use English qw( -no_match_vars );
use Data::Alias;
use Readonly;

my @words;
my $num;

for my $word (@words) {
        if ($word =~ m/ zero | z閞o | shunya /ixms) {
            $num .= '0';
        }
        elsif ($word =~ m/ one | un | une | ek /ixms) {
            $num .= '1';
        }
        elsif ($word =~ m/ two | deux | do /ixms) {
            $num .= '2';
        }
        elsif ($word =~ m/ three | trois | teen /ixms) {
            $num .= '3';
        }
        # etc.
        elsif ($word =~ m/ nine | neuf | nau /ixms) {
            $num .= '9';
        }
        else {
            # Ignore unrecognized words
        }
    }