Hi there,
I am trying to compare the two values here, the code works but my problem is that the files are diferent in size and the code compares it side by side, therefore the matchings are out of order, how can I ignore the order where the items in both files are and still match them?
          while(<DB>){
          my $rec = $_;
             chomp($rec);             
                  ($num,$_name)=split(/,/,$rec);
                  
                  $num=~s/(\d)(\d\d\d\d\d)/$2/g;
                  print "First mach $num<br>";
                if($num=~/0\d{4}/g){
                
                $num=~s/(\d)(\d\d\d\d)/$2/g;
                print "Second mach = $num_pal<br>";
                }
                 # exit;
                    my $pal = <PROCPAL>;
                    chomp($pal);
               ($pal_num,$appr,$e_mail,$terr)=split(/\#/,$pal);

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Thanks

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