use strict;
use warnings;
use DDD::test2;
my $incr = 0;
my @array="";

undef $/;
open DATA, "san.txt" or die $!;

my @blocks = map { [ split /\n/ ] }
    ( split /(?=ITEM NO:)/, ( map { s/\#.*\n//; $_ } <DATA> )[0] );

while(1)
{
    
 @array = @{ $blocks[$incr] }; 
  if (@array eq "")
 {
print "There is no item remaining in the file";
last;
 }
test2::REQUEST(@array); 
$incr++;
}

#test2.pm contains

package test2;
sub REQUEST (@)
{
my @array=@_;
print "@array\n";
}
1;

#Suppose san.txt file contains


#This is the ITEM file
#This is a perl config file
# I am ok
ITEM NO:1
[aaa]
111
ffff
[bbb]
222
[ccc]
333
#This not taken
ITEM NO:2
[ddd]
444
[eee]
555
0000
[fff]
666
#This is not taken
ITEM NO:3
[ddd1]
4441
[eee1]
5551
[fff1]
6661
# I am sanjay
ITEM NO:4
...
...
...

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When i run the above program, the output comes as
#This is a perl config file # I am ok
ITEM NO:1 [aaa] 111 ffff [bbb] 222 [ccc] 333 #This not taken
ITEM NO:2 [ddd] 444 [eee] 555 0000 [fff] 666 #This is not taken
ITEM NO:3 [ddd1] 4441 [eee1] 5551 [fff1] 6661 # I am sanjay
ITEM NO:4 ... ... ...
Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at test1.pl line 12
+, <DATA> chunk 1

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Can you suggest me some suitable code so that while reading
the config file my program does not take the lines which is started with #. Also how to avoid the error 
"Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at test1.pl line 1
+2, <DATA> chunk 1"

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and also how can i operate the if block.
 if (@array eq "")
 {
print "There is no item remaining in the file";
last;
 }

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Please Suggest me.

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