Probably because I've added your suggestions in the wrong place.

Yes, and pryrt already explained the issue. But then you posted here, so it seems like you didn't get it working?

If you take a look at the documentation I linked to, and the replies you've gotten, you'll see that:

• print "..."; prints to the currently selected filehandle, which is STDOUT by default
• print $filehandle "..."; and print {$filehandle} "..."; print to that specific filehandle
• select both changes the currently selected filehandle, and returns the previously selected filehandle

If you go through your program line-by-line, the above information should be enough for you to see what is going wrong and how to fix it. If you have questions about the above, please always feel free to ask.

I understand the appeal of being able to copy and paste code and just have it work. However, I find it so much more satisfying to figure it out myself, to understand the flow of the code and what is going on. And of course, having it figured out means I'll know more about what I'm doing next time. In fact, I intentionally didn't post a block of code in an attempt to encourage you to look at the docs and figure it out :-)

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