#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; print " Enter the dilution factor. \n"; chomp (my $df = ); open FILE, "45well.txt" or die $!; while (){ chomp; my @values = split ' '; foreach my $val (@values){ my $DNA_conc = $val * $df * 50 ; print "$DNA_conc\n"; } } close (FILE);