in reply to Repeat print problem

Pardon the duplicate post, but it seems that the default settings on the site are making my reply invisible to most users.

What happens when you print just the $name variable outside of the format statement? Place this in the code before or instead of the write:

print "Name is: $name that's all.\n";

It could be that the split is placing the wrong value into the @data array which subsequently gets copied into $name.

Let us know if that sheds any light.