Hello Fellow Monks!
I have a perplexing issue with my code below. I am trying to verify a town name located in a file using it as a check and balance before moving on to the next user input. However no matter what is inputted it moves on with out giving notice stating the town name has not been found. Thanks in advance! 

sub addind {

open(MYINPUTFILE, "townsdata.txt"); # OPEN FOR INPUT
$| = 1;
my @lines = <MYINPUTFILE>;          # READ FILE INTO LIST

print "INDUSTRY TOWN\n";

my $indtwn = <STDIN>;
$indtwn = <STDIN> until defined $indtwn;
chomp $indtwn;
cls();

my $found = 0;

foreach my $townverify (@lines) {
my @field = split(':',$townverify);
if ($field[0] =~ m/^#/) {
next;
}
if ($field[1] =~ /(?<![\w-])$indtwn(?![\w-])/i) {
cls();
$found = 1;
} else {
cls();
print "TOWN RECORD NOT FOUND\n";
sleep 3;
cls();
addind();
} # END FOREACH FILE LOOP

my $output="inddata.txt";
open(DAT,"+<$output") || die("Cannot Open File");

my $indline;
$indline = <DAT> until eof DAT;
my ($indid) = $indline =~ m/\A(\d+):/;

print DAT (++$indid);
print DAT (":");
print DAT ($indtwn);
print DAT ("\n");

close (DAT);

print "INDUSTRY SUCCESSFULLY ADDED!!\n";

sleep 3;
cls();
industry();
}

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Data:
1:PGH:Pittsburgh
2:PGHW:Pittsburgh West End

In reply to Verify Town Name by PilotinControl

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