I'm new to Perl and I'm having trouble getting my script to print a message if an item in not found in the external file at the appropriate times. It prints the message even when the search item is found. Can someone tell me what is wrong with this code? 
open (TEXTFILE, "c:/perl_programs/$fsearch")  || die "\nCAN'T OPEN 

$fsearch\n";

print "\nEnter a string to search for:  \n";
chomp ($search = <STDIN>);


@line = <TEXTFILE>;



   

string regardless of case.
   
    for (@line){ 
    $count++;
    if  ($_ =~ /$search/i)  {  
       print "\nLine that matched <$search> found on line #$count\n"; 
        print "$_\n";
}}
        


  if  (!($_ =~ /$search/))  {  


    print "\nsubstring <$search> NOT found\n";


}

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In reply to problem printing message if search item is not found by cravena

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