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Perl Basics In Pictures

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1. Write a script that creates a list (array) of presidents:
   James Buchanan
   George Washington
   Millard Fillmore
   ...Prints the text
   “This was the Revolution’s indispensable man:”
   ...Then prints the second name in the list.
2. Save the script as presidents.pl in the PERL PRACTICE folder on your computer.
3. Upload it into the practice directory in your Web site, then change its permissions so that anyone can execute it.
4. Add the paragraph
   “The indispensable man”
   to practice.html, and link that paragraph to presidents.pl.
5. View practice.html in the browser, then click the new link.
   Its output should look like this: