Hi.

These are largely cosmetic enhancements but you could shorten the lines that look like this: 
print "Enter a first name:  " ;
$fname = <STDIN> ;
chomp $fname ;

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to this: 

print "Enter a first name: ";
chomp($fname = <STDIN>);

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Also, if a user types "yes", "yep", or some other variation, you might want to alter this line: 
if ($ans !~ m/[Yy]/) 
{
  $quit = 1 ;
} 
else 
{
  $quit = 0 ;
}

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to this: 

if( $answer =~ /^[Yy]/)
.
.
.
.

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This way, if the input starts with a Y or y, it will be considered valid ( true ). Hope this helps,

-Caitlin

In reply to Re: Writing and writing and writing by DigitalKitty
in thread Program only writes last information entered (was Writing and writing and writing) by ellem

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