#! /usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my @left; my @right; for (my $i = 0; $i <= 11; $i++) { my $j = $i+1; $j = 0 if $j == 12; print "Weigh Balls $i and $j\n"; print "Enter a result for each ball as follows:\n"; print " b-b Both balls balance\n"; print " u-d Left side up, right side down\n"; print " d-u Left side down, right side up\n"; chomp( my $input = ); my @results = split/-/, $input; $left[$i] = $results[0]; $right[$j] = $results[1]; } for (my $i = 0; $i <= 11; $i++) { if (( $left[$i] eq "b") || ( $right[$i] eq "b")) { print "Ball $i is normal\n\n"; } elsif (( $left[$i] eq "d" ) && ( $right[$i] eq "d")) { print "Ball $i is Heavy!\n\n" } elsif (( $left[$i] eq "u" ) && ( $right[$i] eq "u" )) { print "Ball $i is Light!\n\n"; } else { print "Something is FUBAR somewhere!\n"; } }