1. this script jumps to the 2nd line/record in the file instead of processing from the first line.
Sure it does, because you read one line before the loop, in line 5 of your script. So the loop never sees the first line of cdata.txt
2. Another issue is that accessing the elements using even numbers doesn't work, only odd numbers can be used to retrieve the elements, eg. when $i = 7

Care to explain what "doesn't work" mean? Does a ninja attack you from behind every time you try? Or does your computer blow up?

Please note that since you declared my $i inside the while loop, its value is reset in every iteration - probably not what you want. The special variable $. contains the line number of the input file handle, maybe that helps you.

And what do you think the next is doing in line 15?

In reply to Re: reading array elements by moritz
in thread reading array elements by jeah

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