sub get_schoolname( $ ) { my $id = $_[0]; my $schoolname; #get groupname from current database open(SCHOOLDATA,"school_data.pdt") or die "Can't open school data file: $!"; while ( ) { chomp($_); @split_record = split( /\|/ , $_ ); print $split_record[0]; if( $split_record[0] eq $id ) { $schoolname = $split_record[1]; } } close( SCHOOLDATA ); return( $schoolname ); #### 1|northport hs4|123|image|usd| 2|bunny werks|1234312|image|usd| 3|northport hs5|123|image|usd| 4|northport hs6|123|image|usd|