I think I fixed my problem. You both were right in that it was splicing past the last element. I figured out why. It had to do with this line of code. 
    my $lastval = $holder[$#holder];
    @holder = (1 .. $lastval);

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The last element in the array was not the length of the array!!!! Therefore it was creating a new array that was too long...and splicing on that the next generation!!! 
     $num_of_elements = scalar @holder;

    @holder = (1 .. $num_of_elements);

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fixes the problem! WOW this is a great feeling having fixed it! Is this how you monks feel every day?

In reply to Re: So close... by BioNrd
in thread So close... by BioNrd

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