I have a problem with my code that when I comment out the else statement it works, but when I try to use the else statement the code does not work properly. Sorry if I ask to many questions.. Do I have to create an array out of the input file to make this work properly? 
#!/usr/bin/perl --
use strict;
use warnings;

my $input = <STDIN>;
chomp $input;

while (<DATA>)
{
  if ((/#bg\s$input/ .. /#be\s$input/) =~ /^\d+(?<!^1)$/)
  {
     print $_;
  }

     elsif (/bb\s$input/)
     {
     print $_;
     last;
     }
       # else
       # {
       # print "nope".$_;
       # last;
       # }
}

__DATA__
#bg at,super
spaz
razz
tazz
kazz
#be at
#bg as,clock
brock
spock
mock
sock
#be as
#bf am,lost
fluff
muff
tuff
cuff
#be am
bb lionsclub

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In reply to troubleshooting filehandle by kwn

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