There are two problems with your code:
  1. Assuming SORTD is some form of file-handle, the first time you arrive at the while-loop ($i being equal to 0), the while-loop will totally exhaust the filehandle. All following calls to readline(SORTD) (when $i is incremented and the while-loop is entered again, will just return undef and the while-loop will not even start. Re-entering the loop does not reset the filehandle to the beginning of the file.
  2. The value of $i remains constant throughout each iteration of the for loop. So the while-loop will see the same value of $i for the whole of the file you are reading.
One more comment: it is more customary to write readline(SORTD) as <SORTD>

CountZero

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In reply to Re: For- loop increment not passing to inner block by CountZero
in thread For- loop increment not passing to inner block by Anonymous Monk

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