according to the each perldoc page, you have to reset the each call or else it will always keep iterating from where you left off.

To reset the is says execute: keys %hash; so you need something like: 
# reset each
keys %{$self->{'residues'}{$modelCount}};
while( my ($res, $ats) = each %{$self->{'residues'}{$modelCount}} ) {
  if($ats eq $line){
   do stuff to $line;
   last LINE;
  }
}

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In reply to Re: Reset while loop to beginning of hash when using 'each' by perlmonkey
in thread Reset while loop to beginning of hash when using 'each' by seaver

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