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--- user_guide:perl_intro [2019/02/06 18:47] – added links oroehrig
+++ user_guide:perl_intro [2019/02/07 14:17] – repaired $ sign fail oroehrig
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 ====Standard data structures====
-The Perl programming language originally provides three different data structures, scalars($), arrays(@), and hashes(%). The user always has to specify the type of a variable using the appropriate symbol ''$'', ''@'', or ''%''. If you forget to do so, you will receive the following error message:
+The Perl programming language originally provides three different data structures, scalars(''$''), arrays(''@''), and hashes(''%''). The user always has to specify the type of a variable using the appropriate symbol ''$'', ''@'', or ''%''. If you forget to do so, you will receive the following error message:
 <code>
- polytope > i=5;
+> i=5;
 polymake:  ERROR: Unquoted string "i" may clash with future reserved word.
 </code>\\