Using Ubuntu 18.04 the default perl. Have tried to understand this code but not getting expected results. Any help please. tia oldcity 

##########################################
sub OPEN_200R
  {
      open(FILE, '<', 'CATAGORIES.DAT') or die("Could not open* file! 
+CATAGORIES DAT\n");
       @lines = <FILE>;
      close(FILE);
$gcnt = 0;
   foreach (@lines) { 
     ($catg) = (split(/,/));
   $gcnt = $gcnt + 1;
chomp $catg;
    $catg[$gcnt] = $catg;
    if ($gcnt <= 5) {
      $catlgs5 = join '',  $catg[$gcnt];
    }elsif ($gcnt >= 6){
      $catlgs6 = join '',  $catg[$gcnt];
    } # end of if gcnt

   print ("$catlgs5");
   print ("$catlgs6 \n");
# chomp $catg;
   } # end of foreach at 200r
#     {
##########################################

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Not results Expected.

1-AT&T   
 2-FP&L   
 3-WATER  
 4-GAS    
 5-PLAN-D 
 5-PLAN-D 6-AARP   
 5-PLAN-D 7-DIAZ   
 5-PLAN-D 8-DRUGS  
 5-PLAN-D 9-HOUSE  
 5-PLAN-D10-CAR    
 5-PLAN-D11-MISC

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Had expected 2 rows 1 of 5 catgs and 1 of 6 catgs. How to fix?

In reply to Unexpected Results by oldcity

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