ch02.052_prob

Perl Best Practices the source code

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## Code fragment (NOT RECOMMENDED) from Chapter 2 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 ($name, $age, $status, $birth_date) = ('PAT', 67, 'M.I.A.', 1023534);

$name = standardize_name($name);
$age = time - $birth_date;
$status = 'active';


use Data::Dumper 'Dumper';
warn Dumper [ $name, $age, $status ];

sub standardize_name {
    my ($name) = @_;
    return ucfirst lc $name;
}