my $numerator;
		my $denominator;
      

		if ($indicator eq "SH"){
			$numerator = $last_element;
		} elsif ($indicator eq "SL"){
			$denominator = $last_element;
		} else {
			print "\nError: There has been an unexpected string within the second to last element of the array\n";
		}

##</code><code>##

my $numerator = 0;
my $denominator = 0;