Data::Dump brings in dd, sorry about that :)

. I don't know what you were trying to point out in those results; perhaps you can clarify.

Huh?

If you want to figure out what is going on, you start by gathering information -- the beginning

Then you either see your problem (wrong value, wrong condition, wrong assumption...) or look for more/different data or you throw away the whole thing and start over

I'm not sure where your confusion lies so I can't clarify

Maybe its as simple as 

while( tenSecondsHasPassed() ){
   doStuff();
}

sub tenSecondsHasPassed {
    my $newtime = time;
    my $diff  = $newtime - $lasttime;
    ...
    ## if expired "end loop"
    ## if not ten seconds, sleep to make it ten seconds
    ## if expired "end loop"
    ## otherwise continue looping
}

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In reply to Re^3: while loop acting up, though I'm not sure how by Anonymous Monk
in thread while loop acting up, though I'm not sure how by msh210

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