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This is a syntax error: 

if ($filename !~ m^/[a-z]{1,7}\.TXT$/i)

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I think you meant this: 

if ($filename !~ m/^[a-z]{1,7}\.TXT$/i)

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At the start, you store your input file's name in $filename, but when you open it, you expect the name to be in $data1.

This is a syntax error: 

$my @t = split (/\s+/); #split sentences into "words"

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I think you meant: 

my @t = split (/\s+/); #split sentences into "words"

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You could also have written that as just "my @t = split" because /\s+/ is the default pattern.

Those are the show stoppers. There are a lot of stylistic concerns (indent!) that won't prevent it from working, but I'll stop here.

Update: Oops, I missed this syntax error: 

die("File format not valid\n");)

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Just delete the trailing paren.

You also have to declare (with my) $filename or $data1 or both.

In reply to Re: Analysing text files to obtain statistics on their content. by kyle
in thread Analysing text files to obtain statistics on their content. by Davo1977

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