I atempted a modified version of your script and got this:
$ perl.exe perl2.pl
Global symbol "@data" requires explicit package name at perl2.pl line 27.
Can't find string terminator "|" anywhere before EOF at perl2.pl line 27.

#!/usr/bin/perl<br>
use strict;<br>
use warnings;<br>
<br>
# 777297<br>
<br>
my $data_file = "test1.txt";<br>
open(DATA, $data_file) || die("Could not open file!");<br>
my @data_file = &lt;DATA&gt;;<br>
<br>
my $names_file = "code.txt";<br>
<br>
open(NAMES, $names_file || die "Could not open file!");<br>
my @names_data = &lt;NAMES&gt;;<br>
<br>
# create loop that reads each ID in code.txt (NAMES array), searches f
+<br>
#+or each in array elements for #test1.txt<br>
# (DATA array), redirects a new (NAMES).html for each element<br>
<br>
my ($names, $data);<br>
for $names(@names_data) {<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; chomp($names);<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; for $data(@data_file) {<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; chomp ($data);<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if ($data =~ /$names/) {<br
+>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
print "found \$names ( $names )&nbsp; in \$data \n";<br>
push @data, qq | &gt; $names.html "\n";<br>
&nbsp;}<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<br>
}<br>
<br>
close NAMES;<br>
close DATA;

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