Perl for C Programmers

Exercises

1. Write a program to compute the area of a triangle.

2. Create a program that reads in a first name and a last name and outputs the name in the form “Last, First.”

3. Read in a set of numbers and average them.

4. Given a series of numbers, write a program that prints the largest and smallest values.

5. Write a four-function calculator. This program takes an operator (one line of input) and a value (another line) and outputs a result. Hint: Use the string equality operator; check for the entered operator. A simple run is shown here:

Zero now is in stack 

Enter operator: + 
Enter value: 100 
Result: 100 

Enter operator: * 
Enter value: 2 
Result: 200 

Enter operator: / 
Enter value: 4 
Result: 50