I have an array like
@boxed = ("1051","Bucket Man","yui87y","christmas","machine");
if I withdraw an element like so
print ("The second element  is $boxed[1]");
All is fine and Bucket Man appears.

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Then if I send the array to a data file thus.
$data_path = "saved.data";
$now = time();
open(O, ">$data_path"); 
print O "@boxed";
close(O);

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Then retrieve it.
$data_file="saved.data";
open(DAT, $data_file) || die("Could not open file!");
@raw_data=<DAT>;
close(DAT);

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print ("The second element inside array raw_data is $raw_data[1]");

Now Bucket man refuses to appear.
Its like by saving to data file and bringing back I have
destroyed the @array format or something.
How can I get Bucket Man back to work.?
I really have spent some time looking for the answer, but relative FAQ`s Tend towards internet entwined network entangled complicated code.
I just simply need Bucket Man back on the job.
God bless Ya all.

In reply to Annoying array. by nasa

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