Please help me with this seemingly simple problem
I have a txt file containing data in this format:
http://csdweb.unf.edu/access/htdocs/student.htm, , , 5, 0, 0, 0
I want to read each line into an array, making a multidimensional array, so I did this:
#! /usr/bin/perl -w
# Open our datafile
open(INPUT, '< graduate.output.txt')
or die "Couldn't open the file for reading\n";
# Declare main array
@MainArray = ();
# build a data structure
@url_info = <[INPUT]>;
while(1){
print "Pick a number: ";
$index = <STDIN>;
if($index eq 'Q'){
last;
}
print "Link: $url_info[$index][0]\n";
}
But the print only displays the work Link:
Of course, this is rigged to only print the URL. But I'm still troubleshooting.
And why doesn't my loop quit if I type a Q?
Thank you very much!
-tl
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