I have 2 files to read from, namely file1 and file2.
I want to insert the content of file1 to be the
2nd column of file2.

content of file1

a
b
c
d
e
[download]

content of file2

1    6    11
2    7    12
3    7    13
4    8    14
5    9    23
[download]

I want the output to be as follows

1    a    6    11
2    b    7    12
3    c    7    13
4    d    8    14
5    e    9    23
[download]

My code didn't return the result I want

#!/bin/perl

open(IN,"file1");
open(IN2,"file2");
open (OUT,"> output"); 

while($str=<IN2>)
{        
        @array=split(/\s+/,$str);
        
        
while($data=<IN>)
    {
        @box=split(/\s+/,$data);
        
            foreach $item(@array)
            {
    splice (@box,2,0,"$array($item)");
                print OUT "@box\n";
                
            }
            
    }
    

}
[download]

20050308 Janitored by Corion: Added code tags.

---

---

Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!

Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.

Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.

Please read these before you post! —

• How do I compose an effective node title?
• How do I post a question effectively?
• Markup in the Monastery

Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:

a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr

You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)

	For:		Use:
	&		&
	<		&lt;
	>		&gt;
	[		&#91;
	]		&#93;

Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?

See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.