$j = 1; for $r (1 .. $num_responses) { @lines = (); $table = ">".$db_dir."/r".$r; for $i (0 .. $respondents_by_5) { $respondent = $j + ($i * 5); push (@lines, $respondent); } &write_lines_to_file(1, $table, @lines); if ($j < 5) {$j++;} else {$j = 1;} } for $respondent (1 .. 20000) { if ($respondent % 2) { push(@lines_6666, $respondent); } else { push(@lines_9999, $respondent); } } $table = ">".$db_dir."/r6666"; &write_lines_to_file(1, $table, @lines_6666); $table = ">".$db_dir."/r9999"; &write_lines_to_file(1, $table, @lines_9999);