Hi, I am trying to use strict perl coding for this simple task, but my variable returns empty. Why?
use strict;
my $final_res='';
open FILE, $infile;
while(my $final_line=<FILE>)
{
    if($final_line=~/^SeqID/)
    {
        my $final_line=<FILE>; chomp $final_line;
        
        my @split_final=split(/\t/, $final_line);

        my $final_res = $split_final[7];
        $final_res=~s/D/M/g;
        $final_res=~s/U/M/g;

#print $final_res."\n";
    }
}
close FILE;

print $final_res."\n";

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If I print inside the loop, in the comment, it prints fine. what am I missing?

In reply to Why is my result empty? by Anonymous Monk

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