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#!/usr/bin/perl
# [[[ 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
## no critic qw(ProhibitExplicitStdin) # USER DEFAULT 4: allow <STDIN> prompt
# [[[ OPERATIONS ]]]
my string $input_strings = q{};
print 'Please input zero or more strings, separated by <ENTER>, ended by <CTRL-D> on a blank line:', "\n";
while ( my string $input_string = <STDIN> ) {
$input_strings .= $input_string;
}
print "\n";
print 'after loop, have $input_strings = ', "\n", $input_strings, "\n";