Assuming you don't mind leaving your code up for the world to see, please do post it in the public forum. This site is about helping people learn and appreciate what Perl (note the capitalization on the language, perl is the program) can do for them. Sometimes it seems like most traffic on SoPW is "Why won't my code work?" and the OPs just want quick, one-off solutions or free code-writing. If you demonstrate a desire to understand Perl and show effort (and having written your script already shows effort), I think every person on this site will happily help you improve your methods and style.

As a side note, if your code is 150 lines, please wrap your code in <readmore> tags to avoid overwhelming the SoPW page.

In reply to Re: Should I ask this question? by kennethk
in thread Should I ask this question? by thecryoflove

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