Hi Monks!
I am parsing a .csv file using "use Text::CSV_XS;". In my code I am trying to only go on with the rest of the process if two columns star with a number, but the code is ignoring the "IF" that checks if the values of $columns[0] and $columns[2] are not numbers. I just can not understand why the "IF" does not work. Here is some of the code to show the issue:
...
my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new();
   open (CSV, "<", $file_to_parse) or die "Could not open '$file' $!<b
+r>";

     while (my $line = <CSV>) {
       chomp $line;

           if ($csv->parse($line)) {
              my @columns = $csv->fields();
              #check user file format been uploaded TEST: perl -le 'pr
+int "1234567" =~ /^[[:alnum:]]+$/ ? "OK" : "BAD"'

              if( ($columns[0]!~/^[[:alnum:]]+$/) && ($columns[2]!~/^[
+[:alnum:]]+$/) ) {

               # wrong format
              exit;

           }else{
              my $err = $csv->error_input;
              print "<br><b>Failed to parse line, please call for help
+!</b><br>";
             }
     }
...

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Thanks for looking!

In reply to CSV File Parsing by Anonymous Monk

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