#!/usr/local/bin/perl $inputline = ; $inputline =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g; @list = split (/\s+/, $inputline); $result = &rightcalc (0); print ("The result is $result.\n"); sub rightcalc { my ($index) = @_; my ($result, $operand1, $operand2); if ($index+3 == @list) { $operand2 = $list[$index+2]; } else { $operand2 = &rightcalc ($index+2); } $operand1 = $list[$index+1]; if ($list[$index] eq "+") { $result = $operand1 + $operand2; } elsif ($list[$index] eq "*") { $result = $operand1 * $operand2; } elsif ($list[$index] eq "-") { $result = $operand1 - $operand2; } else { $result = $operand1 / $operand2; } }