Suboptimal. 
while (<FILE>) {
    next unless /\S/; # Skip whitespace lines
    if (/^ \s* Daniel \s+ Lastname \s* $/x) {
        $current_handle = daniels_handle;
        next;
    }
    elsif (/^ \s* Steffi \s+ Lastname \s* $/x) {
        $current_handle = steffis_handle;
        next;
    }

    print $current_handle $_;
}

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holli

You can lead your users to water, but alas, you cannot drown them.

In reply to Re^2: Working with text files, thinking my issue is with variables inside if loops by holli
in thread Working with text files, thinking my issue is with variables inside if loops by Steffi

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