i get a syntax error when i define $ispresent can u see any obvious errors? i've only programmed in ADA so i'm sure there is a better way to do this but i'm learning perl and i'm trying to keep it simple. 
$firstrandom = $list1[rand @list1];
push @list2, $random;
$count = $#list1
while ($count != 0){    ###create list2
$random = $list1[rand @list1];

$ispresent = 'false';

for $I (0..$#list2){##check to see if team is already in list2
   if ($random == $list2[$I]) {
      $ispresent = 'true'};               
    };
if ($ispresent =='false') { ##if not add it to @list2
push @list2, $random;
$count--;
                };

};

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i also have a syntax error problem with the qw($round $teamname $score); part. i'm trying to recreate the entire returned record set as a data structure so that i can print a competition tree with the variables from @list_of_teamdata refered to as eg. 
$list_of_teamdata[7][1]

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and print them where i like. 

@row;
$rowcount = 0;
while (@row = $sth5->fetchrow_array()) {
  $round = $row[0];
  $teamname = $row[1];        ## need to put each row into the list.
  $Score    = $row[2];        of lists a variable at a time

push (${list_of_teamdata[$rowcount]}, qw($round $teamname $score);
  $rowcount++;        
       
}

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i'd really appreciate it if you could help

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