It is true that I am manually copying the code from a printed text. Early on, it was my own fault for not typing correctly, (those were earlier posts). My more current posts are a result of me typing exactly how the script appears in the books that I am learning from and the code not working, or if the exercises are asking to do the just one function in the program and I try to make it more robust by adding more functionality. I appreciate being part of the Perlmonk community as I find everyone on this sight extremely helpful and has helped me immensely. Thanks, Catfish

Syntax errors (almost) always force an abort of compilation.

Always test your code with

perl -c your_file.pl

after typing a new line and you'll catch most typos.

Or try the Komodo IDE it'll run the compilation automatically in the background and highlight broken code.

Cheers Rolf
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