Your datafile makes it look as though "PER" and "EMP" are on lines separate from the data, but 
  {
    @data = &quotewords('\s+', 0, $_);
  }
  if ((/^PER\s*$/) && ($data[0]) && ($data[1]) && ($data[2]) && ($data
+[3]))

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makes it look as though you might sort of think they are on the same line. I think you need to do the following (expressed as pseudocode; you still need quotewords, etc.): 
while (<>){
  last if EOS
  if (PER){
    read a PER line and process it
  }
  elsif (EMP){
    read an EMP line and process it
  }
}

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HTH, --traveler

In reply to Re: Help with creating output to screen... by traveler
in thread Help with creating output to screen... by basicdez

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