@sampleValues = (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 20, 30, 35); foreach ( @sampleValues ) { print "fibonacci( $_ ) = ", fibonacci( $_ ), "\n"; } sub fibonacci { my $number = shift; # get the first argument if ( $number == 0 or $number == 1 ) { # base case return $number; } else { # recursive step return fibonacci( $number - 1 ) + fibonacci( $number - 2 ); } }