#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w print "Enter an output file to analyze: "; chomp ($phoenix_out= ); open (OUTPUT_FILE, "$phoenix_out") or die "can't open $phoenix_out: $!"; while () { chomp; if (/0 EID: 93237 /){ print "$.\n"; next; print "anything?\n"; ($a, $b, $c, $d, $e, $f, $g, $h, $i, $j, $k, $l) = split; $ND243 = $i; print "The amount of Am243 is $ND243\n"; } #else { print "$. Problem!" }; }