If you don't understand simple scalar variables then you need to start with reading Perl Babysteps 1: Your First Simple Script. You are no where near ready to be parsing and reformating files! When you have read that turtorial and some of the others in the Getting Started with Perl section of tutorials, come back and we will help further.

Not understanding fundamental stuff like scalar variables is a severe impediment to completing any Perl script! We can provide a solution script for your assignement, but that doesn't help you at all. What is incredible though is that you have been given such an assignment when you seem to be so ill equiped to complete it. Is this because the course is poorly structured, or is your teacher right out of touch with what is actually going on in class?

DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel

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