#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; sub func1 { my $back = shift; if ($back == 1) { print "\$back is true.\n"; return 0; } print "Doing something else.\n"; } sub controlBack { my $count = shift; if ($count < 10) { return 0; } else { return 1; } } # Defining start-settings for MainLoop: my $running = 1; my $count = 0; my $back = 0; # Running the MainLoop: while ($running) { $back = controlBack($count); func1($back); $count++; if ($count > 20) { $running = 0; } } print "Program ends.\n";