so I'm going to go get this fixed on my own no matter how long it takes.
No! You do not have to do it on your own. You are exactly what this place is all about!
I, and most of the other monks, are only too willing to help you. But, you have to show that you are trying to help yourself.
For example, did you try the code I posted? What happened? Did you try and answer the questions I asked?
Making random changes to programs rarely makes them work. Many of your errors would be caught if you added use strict;<c> and <c>use warnings; at the top of your program. Switching them off just ingnores the problems, it does fix them.
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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I am adding "use strict", and working out those issues, i have "use warnings" and "use diagnostics" for in-depth error checking, and I have answered most of the questions. The code you gave me did work, doing almost what I needed to do. I need multiple windows up at once instead of one at a time (because someone won't always be there to check the windows). That is what the array of characters is for (because I have no idea how to begin an infinite array or if that is even possible)and each new window needs a name. The timer is for returning -1 so each window can come up (otherwise I only get one window at a time). I figured out the open/close of the text file was a copy/paste error of mine, so fixed that. Right now I decided to go through the code you provided, dissect it and learn about the parts that I don't understand. So that is my current task. Then I can apply my new knowledge to my own code.
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