hi NetWallah,
I am getting below warning messages more than 200 times.
When I ran earlier your code, I did not get this message. now I am getting this. I even added prints in between to check where the variable is not initialized. I could not trace.
Use of uninitialized value in string comparison (cmp) at C:/Perl/site/lib/XML/twig.pm line 8820, <DATAFILE> line 9.
XML I have tested is as below. Earlier xml was simple, but this is complex. Could u please help me how to solve this error. thank you in advance
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Such factors as the number of episodes of inflammation, the severity of the inflammation, the age of the patient, and the patient's overall medical condition play a role in determining whether or not a patient should undergo a sigmoid resection. We discuss which patients require surgical intervention because of diverticular inflammation or secondary complications and describe the surgical options available for those patients. The severity of the diverticular inflammation usually determines operative intervention. Diverticular disease is classified as symptomatic uncomplicated disease, recurrent symptomatic disease, and complicated disease. Complications secondary to acute inflammation are lucifer classified according to modified Hinchey classification. Patients with less severe complications can usually be managed by 1-stage sigmoid resections, but those with diffuse peritonitis require 2-stage surgical procedures. 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Chem. Engg., Chem./Mat. Sci., Polytechnic University</organization><city-group>Brooklyn, NY 11201</city-group></affiliation></author-group><correspondence><person><ce:initials>R.A.</ce:initials><ce:indexed-name>Gross R.A.</ce:indexed-name><ce:surname>Gross</ce:surname></person><affiliation country="usa"><organization>Dept. Chem. Engg., Chem./Mat. Sci., Polytechnic University</organization><city-group>Brooklyn, NY 11201</city-group></affiliation><ce:e-address>rgross@poly.edu</ce:e-address></correspondence><abstracts><abstract original="y"><ce:para>Lipase catalysis in nonaqueous media is recognized as a powerful tool in organic and more recently polymer synthesis. Even though none of the currently known polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) depolymerases have lipase activity, they do have a catalytic center that resembles that of lipases. Motivated by the above, the potential of using the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), PHB, depolymerase from Psuedomonas lemoignei in organic media to catalyze ester-forming reactions was investigated. The effect of different organic solvents (benzene-d<inf>6</inf>, cyclohexane-d<inf>12</inf>, and acetonitrile-d<inf>3</inf>) on the activity of the PHB-depolymerase toward propylation of L-lactide was studied. A significant difference in the catalytic rate was observed as a function of solvent polarity. The selectivity of the PHB-depolymerase (P. lemoignei) to catalyze the propylation of a series of different lactones including ε-caprolactone, δ-butyrolactone, γ-butyrolactone, and D, L, meso, and racemic lactides has been studied with the PHB-depolymerase (P. lemoignei) in organic solvents. Important differences in the reactivity of these lactones, as well as selective hydrolysis of stereochemically different linear lactic acid dimers, were observed. 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