PERL program which takes input from the user

#!/usr/bin/perl
print("enter the name please");
$name=<STDIN>;
print("Mr $name \r\bthanks for entering your name ");



When the perl interpreter sees a statement , it breaks the statement down into smaller units of information. In this example $name,=,<STDIN>,; are the smaller units of information...these smaller units of information are known as tokens.

The first token $name is an example of scalar variable.in perl, a scalar variable can store one piece of information..

The = token called the assignment operator tells the perl interpreter to store the item specified by the token to #the right of the = in  the place specified by the token to the left of the =

The <STDIN> represents a line of input from the standard input file...The STDIN contains everything you enter when running a program..The <STDIN> tells the perl interpreter to read one line from the standard input file.

The ; token at the end of the statement is a special token that tells perl statement is complete..