This doesn't find the second row in the file.

Which file: the one accessed by the file handle  MYFILE or by the  DMPLD handle?

Maybe try writing a program which opens a file, reads and prints each line in a  while loop, and then closes the file. This might be a good foundation for your ultimate goal.

As moritz suggested, you might then want to try splitting each line as you go through the  while loop to access its fields.

[H]ow do I reference the first element of $_ ...

$_ is a scalar; it has no elements. It may be a scalar that is a reference to an array, in which case  $_->[0], $_->[1], ... would access the first, second, etc., elements of the array.

In reply to Re: Access elements of $_ by AnomalousMonk
in thread Access elements of $_ by Anonymous Monk

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