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#!/usr/bin/perl
# Learning RPerl, Chapter 1, Exercise 3
# Foo Bar Arithmetic Example
# [[[ HEADER ]]]
use RPerl;
use strict;
our $VERSION = 0.001_000;
# [[[ CRITICS ]]]
## no critic qw(ProhibitUselessNoCritic ProhibitMagicNumbers RequireCheckedSyscalls) # USER DEFAULT 1: allow numeric values & print operator
## no critic qw(RequireInterpolationOfMetachars) # USER DEFAULT 2: allow single-quoted control characters & sigils
# [[[ OPERATIONS ]]]
my integer $foo = 21 + 12;
my integer $bar = 23 * 42;
my number $baz = to_number($bar) / $foo;
my number $zab = to_number($foo) / $bar;
print 'have $foo = ', to_string($foo), "\n";
print 'have $bar = ', to_string($bar), "\n";
print 'have $baz = ', to_string($baz), "\n";
print 'have $zab = ', to_string($zab), "\n";