#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; my @inlines = (); my $i = 0; for ($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) { print "input please: "; my $inline = ; $inline =~ s/\s*$//; $inlines[$i] = $inline; } print "You said:\n"; print join("|", $inlines[0], $inlines[1], $inlines[2] . "\n"); 1; __END__