This should work:
#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; BJSFM_MS(); sub BJSFM_MS { my @temp; my $string1="FAILURE CRITERIA PER PLY"; my $string2="AUTOMATIC SEARCH FOR FAILURE"; while (my $line = <DATA>) { if ($line =~ /$string1/) { undef @temp; <DATA> for 1 .. 3; while (my $inner = <DATA>) { last if $inner =~ /^$/; push @temp, $inner; } } } use Data::Dumper; print Dumper \@temp; } __DATA__ FAILURE CRITERIA PER PLY DIST ANGLE PLY FAILURE NUMBERS 1 2 SHEAR 0.000 0.00 -45.00 0.238 0.282 -1.459 0.000 0.00 0.00 0.971 1.369 0.004 0.000 5.00 -45.00 0.475 0.142 -1.585 0.000 5.00 0.00 1.003 1.531 -0.274 0.000 10.00 -45.00 0.721 0.037 -1.623 FAILURE CRITERIA PER PLY DIST ANGLE PLY FAILURE NUMBERS 1 2 SHEAR 0.000 0.00 -45.00 0.247 0.293 -1.514 0.000 0.00 0.00 1.008 1.422 0.004 0.000 5.00 -45.00 0.493 0.147 -1.645 0.000 5.00 0.00 1.042 1.589 -0.284
You declare variables in a wider scope than needed. If you do not need the skipped lines, there is no reason to keep them in variables. Also, I do not see any benefit in using a hash if its keys are integers in the sequence 1, 2, 3, ...; I used an array instead. In your original do { ... } until, you would have needed something like until eof or $temp{$n-1} =~ /^$/.

In reply to Re: File Parsing by choroba
in thread File Parsing by shortyfw06

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