Example 11 - Function definition.

#!/usr/bin/perl
#*********************************************************
# Example eleven - a basic function definition.
# by Al Bento
#*********************************************************

#define variables

$f = 75;
$celsius = &convert;

# print conversion results

print " Fahrenheit Celsius\n";
printf "%6d %8d\n", $f, $celsius;

#*********************************************************

#sub definition

sub convert {
$c = 5/9 * ($f-32);
}

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