hello, I have this array called @finalarray, when i print the array using print "@array"; i get this: 
 
PPA001P_Dalton beginningChanNumber.1 1 PPA001P_Dalton beginningChanNum
+ber.2 2 PPA001P_Dalton beginningChanNumber.3 3
PPA001P_Dalton beginningChanNumber.4 5 PPA001P_Dalton chanSize.1 1 PPA
+001P_Dalton chanSize.2 1 PPA001P_Dalton chanSize.3 2
PPA001P_Dalton chanSize.4 6 PPA003P_HunlockCrk beginningChanNumber.1 1
+ PPA003P_HunlockCrk beginningChanNumber.2 2
PPA003P_HunlockCrk beginningChanNumber.3 3 PPA003P_HunlockCrk beginnin
+gChanNumber.4 9 PPA003P_HunlockCrk chanSize.1 1
PPA003P_HunlockCrk chanSize.2 1 PPA003P_HunlockCrk chanSize.3 2 PPA003
+P_HunlockCrk chanSize.4 6 PPA004P_Springtown
beginningChanNumber.1 1 PPA004P_Springtown beginningChanNumber.2 2 PPA
+004P_Springtown beginningChanNumber.3 3
PPA004P_Springtown beginningChanNumber.4 7 PPA004P_Springtown chanSize
+.1 1 PPA004P_Springtown chanSize.2 1
PPA004P_Springtown chanSize.3 4 PPA004P_Springtown chanSize.4 6 PPA008
+P_Greenfield beginningChanNumber.1 1

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only a lot longer. HOwever, when i print it using:
foreach $item(@finalarray)
{
    print "$item \n";
}
<code>
I get:
<br>
<code>

chanSize.3 2 PPA001P_Dalton 






beginningChanNumber.1 














1 
PPA001P_Dalton 






beginningChanNumber.2

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with all kinds of unexpected values in this array, so when i want the 5th item in the array and i do a  $finalarray[5], i dont get the 5th variable, but a blank space. Any ways i can fix this?
Thanks In advance
Dipul Patel

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