Re^2: Comparing adjacent lines

As you could probably tell, I'm new to Perl, so thanks for being gentle :) Thanks for the comments, they were extremely helpful. After the loop I am creating a new file; this program is for changing file formats.

One thing though: after ex# has been replaced with ex1, the subsequent ex# with matching @gtf[9] don't count up from ex1. They revert to the original ex# value+1 and count from there. I think that rather than taking the new ex1, its using the default ex# (like you said, changes made to @gtf are clobbered when the loop restarts). I guess I could specify ex1 as its own variable before the loop, like The Code Captain suggested...I'll test and see what happens.

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Re^3: Comparing adjacent lines by daccame (Initiate) on Jul 12, 2012 at 14:27 UTC
I've been trying out different things and just can't get it to work...any ideas?	[reply]
Re^4: Comparing adjacent lines by aaron_baugher (Curate) on Jul 12, 2012 at 15:29 UTC
Lots of them, depending on what "doesn't work" means. Aaron B. Available for small or large Perl jobs; see my home node.	[reply]
Re^5: Comparing adjacent lines by daccame (Initiate) on Jul 12, 2012 at 17:18 UTC
Right you are, my apologies. The ex values that are not "ex1" (ex1 is produced at a mismatch in the comparison) revert to the default value of ex# (for example, ex18 or ex30) instead of counting up from 1. Basically, what I think is happening is ex1 is not passed on to the `else` part, since ex values get clobbered after one iteration of the loop. I've been trying variations of an ex variable external to the loop, but can't seem to figure it out.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: Comparing adjacent lines by aaron_baugher (Curate) on Jul 13, 2012 at 02:02 UTC
Re^7: Comparing adjacent lines by daccame (Initiate) on Jul 13, 2012 at 16:02 UTC
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