I'm experiencing a scope problem that I can't figure out. I'm using warnings, and I get the following warning: "Use of uninitialized value $f1missing in numeric eq (==) at C:\scripts\DailyComp2.7.pl line 520 (#1)" At this point in the script, I'm using NET::Telnet and I'm in a telnet session. Here's the chunk of code that's producing the warning:

# Check for error that first input file can't be found
my $f1missing = 0;
$f1missing = $t->waitfor(String => 'That file is unavailable',
                          errmode => 'return');

if ($f1missing == 1) {
    print "\nFirst input file $prevcomp is missing!!\n";
    $t->print(); # Send Enter for prompt
    $t->print(); # Send Enter to exit COMPARE
  $CTYPE = 0;  # Set Compare type back to 0 to avoid running COMPARE r
+eport again
  $ETYPE = 1;  # Set error type to 1
    return;      # Exit subroutine
}

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I initialize the value right before I use it in the if function, so why would it produce an uninitialized value warning here? As always, any help would be appreciated.

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