First off, change that ugly split command. Instead of 36 $c variables, how about a @c array? You have to reference using the indexes so you'll have to change the numbers to one less when you update your code(since arrays index starts @ 0). 

#from this:   ($c1,$c2,$c3,$c4,$c5,$c6,$c7,$c8,$c9,$c10,$c11,$c12,$c13
+,$c14,
+$c15,$c16,$c17,$c18,$c19,$c20,$c21,$c22,$c23,$c24,$c25,$c26,$c27,$c28
+,$c29,$c30,$c31,$c32,$c33,$c34,$c35,$c36) = split(/  /);

#to this:
@c=split(/  /);

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As mentioned before, you can only read the <KEY> file once and the next time through you will miss records. Also, in the while(<KEY>) loop I see you setting $custnmbr you then print it, but in the print CONVERTED statement you misspell it $custnumbr. This may be part of the problem.

HTH

In reply to Re: How to compare a field in 2 files and set a value if it matches? by pzbagel
in thread How to compare a field in 2 files and set a value if it matches? by aschroh

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