my $Info="/home/Info"; print " Enter the GRADE\n"; my $grd = ; #Don't forget to get rid of the newline character from the input chomp $GRADE; print " Enter the SUBJECT\n"; my $subj = ; #Don't forget to get rid of the newline character from the input chomp $subj; print " Enter the Student Name\n"; my $std = ; #Don't forget to get rid of the newline character from the input chomp $std; &update($grd, $subj, $std); sub update { my $grade = $_[0]; my $subject = $_[1]; my $name = $_[2]; #Open the file and read it in: open(FILE, "$Info") || die "couldn't open $Info for reading"; #Each line is stored in an array my @in=; close(FILE); #Now open the same file again for output open (FILE, ">$Info") ||die "couldn't open $Info for writing"; #Now print out everything and update: for (@in) { print FILE ; if /^$grade/ # and here where I lose it ,, what to do to match the rest :( } close(FILE);