sub GetDecUser {
if (-e $LOGFILE12) {                     
 $LFILE = \@arr12;      # if the 12 log exist, use it         
} else {
 $LFILE = "\@arr10";             
# $LFILE = @arr10;      # Tried this and this just seems to loop through the whole log
      
}
print "$LFILE\n";	# this prints @arr10, so the scalar is getting populated
for $dec ("$LFILE")	# Use what ever log was found in the above if statement
#for $dec (@arr10)	# this works fine, but its not using the assignment!
 {
        if ($dec =~ /declared users/)  		# match this
        {
         print "TESTING we found it: $dec\n";	  # Nothing outputted when I try this. 
        }
 }
}