in reply to Re^2: code for review?
in thread code for review?

brilliant
I implemented all of the changes in the replies that I got and this is all great to learn from. If there are any more comments they are greatly appreciated. The updated script is as follows. Please add more feedback if you think that i can improve it more.
Thanks
#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Term::ReadLine; use File::Copy; local *F; my $term = Term::ReadLine->new(); my $DATFILE = "./store.txt"; my (@Values, $reply); my @teams = qw( Arsenal Bolton Villa Chelsea Middlesbro +ugh Newcastle Birmingham Blackburn Palace Fulham Liverpool ManchesterCity Norwich Portsmouth Spurs WBA ManchesterUnited Southampton Charlton Everton ); clearscreen(); # if we don't have a datfile we HAVE to INIT it!!! init_file(\@teams) unless -e $DATFILE; # now we can read the datfile because it exists, 100% guaranteed open F, $DATFILE or die "Can't read $DATFILE, Perl says $!\n"; chomp ( @Values = split('\s+', <F> )); close F; # Show Choice Menu print " ___________________________ 1. Update Teams 2. Check previous Results 3. Backup Storage File 4. Quit ___________________________ Option: "; chomp($reply=$term->readline()); my $menu = { 1 => sub { team_update(\@Values, \@teams) }, 2 => sub { team_find(\@Values) }, 3 => sub { storage_backup() }, default => sub { print "Exiting\n"; clearscreen() }, }; ( $menu->{$reply} || $menu->{default} ) -> (); exit 0; #----------------------------------------------------------------- # subs #----------------------------------------------------------------- sub clearscreen { $^O =~ m/Win32/ ? system('cls') : system('clear') } sub init_file { my ($teams) = @_; open F, ">$DATFILE" or die "Can't write $DATFILE, Perl says $!\n"; print F "$_ S S S S " for @$teams; close F; } sub team_update { my ($Values, $teams) = @_; my ($answer, $team_number, $home_result, $away_result, $score_for, + $score_against, $ae); # clear the screen clearscreen(); # update values with this weeks results and scores for (my $j = 0; $j <= $#teams; $j++) { print "\nDo You have results for $teams[$j] (y\\n)?\n"; chomp($answer=$term->readline()); if ($answer =~ /[Yy](es)*/) { $team_number = $j*5; $Values[$team_number]=$teams[$j]; print "$j\t\t$Values[$team_number]\n"; print "\nHome Result ((W D or L) _ if its an away game +):\n"; chomp($home_result=$term->readline()); $home_result=~s/\s+$//g; $Values[$team_number+1]=~s/($Values[$team_numb +er+1])/$1$home_result/g; print "\nAway Result ((W D or L) _ if its an home game +):\n"; chomp($away_result=$term->readline()); $away_result=~s/\s+$//g; $Values[$team_number+2]=~s/($Values[$team_numb +er+2])/$1$away_result/g; print "\nGoals Scored:\n"; chomp($score_for=$term->readline()); $score_for=~s/\s+$//g; $Values[$team_number+3]=~s/($Values[$team_numb +er+3])/$1$score_for/g; print "\nGoals Conceeded:\n"; chomp($score_against=$term->readline()); $score_against=~s/\s+$//g; $Values[$team_number+4]=~s/($Values[$team_numb +er+4])/$1$score_against/g; } # clear the screen clearscreen(); } # update storage file open F,"+< $DATFILE" or die "Can't write $DATFILE, Perl says $!\n" +;; for ($ae = 0; $ae <= $#Values; $ae++) { print F "$Values[$ae] "; } close F; return 1; } sub team_find { my ($Values) = @_; my ($ans, $team1, $team2); # clear the screen clearscreen(); # find team index $ans = "y"; while ($ans =~ /[Yy]/) { print "\nTeams to be found:\n"; chomp($team1=$term->readline()); chomp($team2=$term->readline()); $team1=~s/\s+$//g; $team2=~s/\s+$//g; for (my $i = 0; $i <= $#Values; $i++) { if ($Values[$i] =~ /$team1|$team2/) { print "\n___________________________\n\nteam:\t$Values +[$i]\n___________________________\n"; for (my $j = 1; $j < 5; $j++) { $Values[$i+$j]=~s/^S//g; } print "\nHome Record is:\n$Values[$i+1]\n"; print "Away Record is:\n$Values[$i+2]\n"; print "\nPreviously scored:\n$Values[$i+3]\n"; print "Previously Conceeded:\n$Values[$i+4]\n"; } } print "\nAgain (y\\n)?\n"; $ans=$term->readline(); chomp($ans); clearscreen(); } return 1; } sub storage_backup { # clear the screen clearscreen(); unless(copy("$DATFILE", "$DATFILE.bak")) { print "Could not copy $DATFILE to $DATFILE.bak\n"; return 0; } print "Successfully copied store.txt to store.txt.bak\n"; sleep 2; return 1; }