OK, I've been beating my head against the wall for most of the morning on this... I have to ask for help. 

    
use Config::Simple;
$cfg = new Config::Simple();
$cfg->read('c:\work\ftp_config_file.txt');
for ($ct=0, $cfg->param("FTP".$ct.".targetIP")!= '', $ct++)
         {
         print " FTP$ct value: ".$cfg->param("FTP$ct.targetIP")."\n";
        }

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Is displaying the following output:


FTP1 value: 1.1.1.1
FTP1 value: 1.1.1.1
FTP1 value: 1.1.1.1

The c:\work\ftp_config_file.txt contains the following values: 

    
[FTP1]
    targetIP=1.1.1.1
[FTP2]
    targetIP=10.10.10.10

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For the life of me, I can't see what is causing this to loop three times without incrementing the counter..

I get the correct output when I run the script as such: 

   use Config::Simple;
   $cfg = new Config::Simple();
   $cfg->read('c:\work\ftp_config_file.txt');
   my $ct=1;
   print " FTP$ct value: ".$cfg->param("FTP$ct.targetIP")."\n";
   $ct++;
    print " FTP$ct value: ".$cfg->param("FTP$ct.targetIP")."\n";

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thanks in advance those monks who are most intelligent at deciphering a moron's code. :)

In reply to Need Debug Help by naveed010

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