Lesson 3 of 15

Arithmetic

Arithmetic Operations

Perl supports the standard arithmetic operators:

OperatorMeaning
+Addition
-Subtraction
*Multiplication
/Division
%Modulo
**Exponentiation
my $sum = 10 + 3;     # 13
my $diff = 10 - 3;    # 7
my $prod = 10 * 3;    # 30
my $quot = 10 / 3;    # 3.33333...
my $mod = 10 % 3;     # 1
my $pow = 2 ** 8;     # 256

Compound Assignment

my $x = 10;
$x += 5;   # $x is now 15
$x -= 3;   # $x is now 12
$x *= 2;   # $x is now 24

Your Task

Calculate 2 ** 10 (two to the power of ten) and print the result.

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