comment on

This is the kind of problem for which I find the debugger invaluable (e.g. perl -d my_script.pl), as a quick tool to test the values of variables. Various hypotheses (such as "maybe there is trailing whitespace in the hash keys") as to the values of variables can be tested quickly with this tool. See perldebug.

Small point: the lines in @subject are chomped twice. (I don't think this is the cause of the problem.)

~~I think the problem is that you need $elements[2], not $elements[3].~~

Update: Upon closer inspection, I see an extra | that I missed before, so my last comment above is wrong.

the lowliest monk

In reply to Re: If statement problem with hash values by tlm
in thread If statement problem with hash values by MonkPaul

Are you posting in the right place? Check out Where do I post X? to know for sure.
Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:
<code> <a> <b> <big> <blockquote> <br /> <dd> <dl> <dt> <em> <font> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <hr /> <i> <li> <nbsp> <ol> <p> <small> <strike> <strong> <sub> <sup> <table> <td> <th> <tr> <tt> <u> <ul>
Snippets of code should be wrapped in <code> tags not <pre> tags. In fact, <pre> tags should generally be avoided. If they must be used, extreme care should be taken to ensure that their contents do not have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor intervention).
Want more info? How to link or How to display code and escape characters are good places to start.


"be consistent"
	PerlMonks