open(TEMP,">$tmpfile") || die "Can't create $tmpfile.\n"; $found_user = 0; # flag foreach $i (@indata) { chomp($i); ($username,$password) = split(/\|/,$i); if ($username eq $in{'oldname'}) { $found = 1; last; } } if (not $found) { print TEMP "Username $username is not registered\n"; } close(TEMP);