Re^2: Loop skipping

Incredibly sorry about the head-hurtingness, yet appreciative of the help :D
Guess when i stare at my code all day, i don't realise that it makes sense only to me (that, and being primarily a biologist, doesn't help).

I have many files with 10's of thousands of lines like these:

YAL038W 1.1 2.4 4.1 YCL040W 1.1 1.6 1.8 9.11 0.0402128119838095
YDR132C 99 YDR223W 99 0.0085523710563531
YDL188C 01.05.04 10.03.01 40.01 42.0 43.01.03.05 YGL134W 01.05.04 02.1
+9 -0.0831302979427955
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I have these read into a 2-D array already.
Now, with the code I posted, i am trying to see if, for each value of the identifier on the left side of the line, it contains a value that starts with a number from the list i have stored in an array ($pathway_name: these are simple integers like 1, 2, 3).
That's where the awful while loop thingy came from. My code only has to work, not be pretty ;)
The %seen hash refers to whether the identifier has already been seen on the iteration for this pathway value. I'm beginning to think that may be causing the problem, although there are no error messages displayed.

My problem is, that when it comes to going on to the next $m in the outer for loop, it skips every second one. It will enter the for loop, but not the if/elsif/else statements.

Is this any clearer?

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Re^3: Loop skipping by husker (Chaplain) on Aug 11, 2004 at 15:54 UTC
It would help if you showed us what output you are getting, and what output you are WANTING to get, for the given sample data you have shown us. Then we can write your application for you! :) Or at least show you where yours isn't working quite right.	[reply]
Re^4: Loop skipping by ringleader (Acolyte) on Aug 11, 2004 at 16:18 UTC
Ah, indeed. That would have been the smart thing. Righto. For the data given: `YAL038W 1.1 2.4 4.1 YCL040W 1.1 1.6 1.8 9.11 0.040212811 YDR132C 99 YDR223W 99 0.0085523710 YDL188C 1.5.4 10.3.1 13.32 YGL134W 01.05.04 02.19 -0.083130297` [download] and the variables: `@pathway_name = (1, 2, 4, 99); # looking for values starting with these numbers` Output: `<b>To command line</b> Pathway is 1 Gene: YAL038W, Value: 1 Gene: YDL188C, Value: 1 Pathway is 2 Pathway is 4 Gene:YAL038W, Value: 4.1 Pathway is 99 Done. <b>And in the file OUTPUT:</b> YAL038W 1 YDL188C 1 YAL038W 4` [download] It completely bypasses the 2 and 99 ones, but i can't see why.	[reply] [d/l] [select]