You say "(The next line is a normal print statement which I DO want to print at the bottom of the loop.)". I would have liked to see that print statement. And a lot more. We can't help you with code we can't see

You seem so dead set on that eval line as the culprit (or some modules) that you discount any other code to have something to do with it. Big mistake. Or you don't want to show the code. In that case you have to use the perl debugger and single step through your loop. You will see exactly which statement produces this unwanted output

In reply to Re^3: How do I prevent unwanted print output from an eval? by jethro
in thread How do I prevent unwanted print output from an eval? (RESOLVED! eval NOT THE PROBLEM!) by duggles

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