That typo was created especially for my question, I'm afraid. My apologies for that.

I can't provide the code that I was having provlems with because I made so many changes getting it to work that I no longer have the original. I only know that when I cut and pasted everything inside the 'if' statement the script magically worked. The only problem is that in order to provide code for this thread I cut and pasted the whole lot back inside the 'if' statement, deleting the subroutine, tested it and the blooming script worked like a charm! Sounds of jonnyfolk beating his head against brick wall!

It is fortunate that I asked the question (despite the copious -- votes!) because I had obviously jumped to the wrong conclusion which would not have been helpful to my 'perl progress' in the future.

Thanks to all who pointed out the error of my ways

In reply to Re: Re: Using loops inside an 'if' statement by jonnyfolk
in thread Using loops inside an 'if' statement by jonnyfolk

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