#!/usr/bin/perl -w


use strict;
use CGI qw/:standard/;

print header;

my @holder;

open (FILE, "tempfile");
@holder=<FILE>;
close FILE;

my @theaters;
my $name;
my $link;
my $info;
my $rating;
my $length;
my $map;
my $times;
my $phone;
my $mode;
my $counter=-1;
my $moviecounter=-1;
my $internal=0;

foreach my $line (@holder) {

  $internal++;
  if($line =~ m/<!-- LHS movie -->/) {   //THIS IS THE LINE REPORTED A
+S UNINITIALIZED.
    $mode ="LHS";
    $moviecounter++;
    $internal=0;
  } elsif ($line =~ m/<!-- RHS movie -->/) {
    $mode = "RHS";
    $moviecounter++;
    $internal=0;
  } elsif ($line =~ m/<!-- theater -->/) {
    $mode = "theater";
    $counter++;
    $moviecounter=-1;
    $internal=0;
  } elsif ($mode eq "LHS") {
    if ($internal == 6 ) {
      ($link,$name)=$line=~m/<a href=\"(.*)\">(.*)<\/a>/;
      $theaters[$counter]{'movies'}[$moviecounter]{'name'}=$name;
      $theaters[$counter]{'movies'}[$moviecounter]{'link'}=$link;
    } elsif ( $internal == 7 ) {
      ($rating,$length)=$line=~m/<small>(.*)\&nbsp;\&nbsp;\&nbsp;(.*)<
+\/small>/;
      $theaters[$counter]{'movies'}[$moviecounter]{'rating'}=$rating;
      $theaters[$counter]{'movies'}[$moviecounter]{'length'}=$length;
    } elsif ( $internal == 9 ) {
      ($times)=$line=~m/<Br>([^\&]*)/;
      $theaters[$counter]{'movies'}[$moviecounter]{'times'}=$times;
    }
  } elsif ($mode eq "RHS") {
    if ($internal == 4 ) {
      ($link,$name)=$line=~m/<a href=\"(.*)\">(.*)<\/a>/;
      $theaters[$counter]{'movies'}[$moviecounter]{'name'}=$name;
      $theaters[$counter]{'movies'}[$moviecounter]{'link'}=$link;
    } elsif ($internal == 5) {
      ($rating,$length)=$line=~m/<small>(.*)\&nbsp;\&nbsp;\&nbsp;(.*)<
+\/small>/;
      $theaters[$counter]{'movies'}[$moviecounter]{'rating'}=$rating;
      $theaters[$counter]{'movies'}[$moviecounter]{'length'}=$length;
    } elsif ($internal == 7) {
      ($times)=$line=~m/<Br>([^\&]*)/;
      $theaters[$counter]{'movies'}[$moviecounter]{'times'}=$times;
    }
  } elsif ($mode eq "theater"){
    if ($internal == 4 ) {
      ($link,$name)= $line=~m/<Br><A HREF=\"(.*)\"><b>(.*)<\/b><\/a>/;
      $theaters[$counter]{'link'}=$link;
      $theaters[$counter]{'name'}=$name;
    } elsif ($internal == 5) {
      ($info)=$line=~m/.*>(.*)/;
      $theaters[$counter]{'info'}=$info;
    } elsif ($internal == 6) {
      ($phone)=$line=~m/.*;(.*)/;
      $theaters[$counter]{'phone'}=$phone;
    } elsif ($internal == 7) {
      ($map)=$line=~m/<A HRef=\"(.*)\">/;
      $theaters[$counter]{'map'}=$map;
    }
  }
              
}

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