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While i can reconstruct your result, i fear it is not for the cause you describe. it is the "next unless.." that is skipping john when there is no "enter" after john. print $line before that test to see.

I dont get it, unless \s+ is matching \n when it is there, and the "match" fails when it is missing.

nevermind, @haukex said it better Re^3: Perl program to look into the phone directory and in case of a match, print the name along with the number, should have refreshed the whole conversation before posting

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Re^7: Perl program to look into the phone directory and in case of a match, print the name along with the number
by Marshall (Canon) on Feb 14, 2017 at 23:10 UTC
    In any event, you are correct. This is a regex issue.
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