OK, here's a reply to my own post. But it should reveal why I don't think it's a problem with data types. This will trim out some of the debugging code, but what you'll see it that only an occasional assignment is not made: 
@row is assigned 31 Medium Orange carb 14 2 0.2
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value Medium Orange
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value carb
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value 14
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value 2
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value 0.2
@row is assigned 42 1/2 c. (cooked) past carb 19.5 3.2 0.4
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value 42 42
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value carb
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value 19.5
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value 3.2
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value 0.4
@row is assigned 26 1/2 c. canned peache carb 14 1 0
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value 26 0.4
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value 1/2 c. canned peache 1/2 c. cann
+ed peache
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value 14
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value 1
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value 0
@row is assigned 6 White Bread III carb 24.5 4.1 2.3
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value 6
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value White Bread III 0
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value carb carb
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value 4.1
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value 2.3
@row is assigned 20 Marias Spanish Rice carb 42.4 4.3 5
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value 20
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value Marias Spanish Rice
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value carb 2.3
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value 42.4 42.4
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value
@athlete[$i,$j] is assigned the value 5

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See what I mean? It just seems to almost be caching or writing out of order. I'm sure it's my mistake, but I sure don't know why it's doing this. These are the results from my original code base.

In reply to Re: Where is my foreach data going to? by brotherdaniel
in thread Where is my foreach data going to? by brotherdaniel

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