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Foil 9 Scalar Variables and Comments

From Tutorial on PERL Computational Science for Information Age Course CPS616 -- Sept 20 97. by Geoffrey C. Fox,Nancy McCracken,Tom Scavo


1 Scalar variables are named variables holding numeric or string scalars (or both). There are NO types (integer, float, char) of variables. The interpretation of a scalar is always determined by its context and not "type" of variable.
  • $cps616_num is a scalar variable representing number of students in CPS 616
2 Variables are set by conventional equal sign
  • $cps616_num = 15;
3 Note statements are ended by semicolons -- not by newlines and # can be used to denote a comment
  • $Instructor= "Fox"; # Not really true as Wojtek did all the work
4 Comments may appear after statements or on a line on their own. They are terminated by newlines.

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