open (OUTFILE, "< C:\\Scripts\\TEST\\History21.txt") or die "Could not open source file. $!";
 open (NEW_MED, "> C:\\Scripts\\TEST\\History_MED1.txt") or die "Could not open source file. $!";
 open (NEW_SUR, "> C:\\Scripts\\TEST\\History_SUR1.txt") or die "Could not open source file. $!";
  
 $count2 = 1;
 while ($line = <OUTFILE>) {
	 @rows = split(/\|\|/, $line);
	 if ($rows[1] =~ m/\[R\]/g) {
	     if ((@var)= $rows[1] =~ m/\](.*?)\[/g) {
		     foreach $var (@var) {
		     	if ($var =~ /^\s$/g) {
			     	#DO NOTHING SINCE WE ONLY WANT IF THERE IS ANYTHING INSIDE THE 2 R BRACKETS
		     	}		     
		     	else {
			 	    print NEW_MED "$rows[0] || $var\n";
		     	}
	     	}
	     	
 	 	 }
  	}
	if ($rows[2] =~ m/\[R\]/g) {
	     if ((@var2)= $rows[2] =~ m/\](.*?)\[/g) { # I AM ASSUMING IT WILL RETURN SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS IF STATEMENT FOR ROW1 ABOVE
		     foreach $var2 (@var2) {
		     	if ($var =~ /^\s$/g) {
			     	#DO NOTHING SINCE WE ONLY WANT IF THERE IS ANYTHING INSIDE THE 2 R BRACKETS
		     	}		     
		     	else {
			 	    print NEW_SUR "$rows[0] || $var2\n";
		     	}
	     	}
	     	
 	 	 }
  	}		  	
$count2++;  	
}
  
close(NEW_MED);
close(NEW_SUR);