#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; my @primes; sub perfect { my $sum = 0; my $n = shift; my $candidate = 1; while ($candidate*2 <= $n) { $sum += $candidate if $n % $candidate == 0; $candidate++; } return $n == $sum; } my $n = 1; my $perfects = 0; while ($perfects < 5) { if (perfect($n)) { print $n, "\n"; $perfects++; } $n++; }