my @line = split(/\t+?/, $row); my $part_number = $line[0]; my $part_desc = $line[1]; my $company1_price = $line[3]; my $company2_price = $line[5]; print Dumper $company1_price, $company2_price; if (!$company1_price && !$company2_price) { die "Entered if block\n"; #next; } else { die "Entered else block\n"; print $company1_file"$part_number\t$part_desc\t $company1_price\n"; print $company2_file "$part_number\t$part_desc\t $company2_price\n"; }