"There appears to be a problem with the "io" file opening portion. I then wrote a bit of code to more explicitly open the files, and checked to see if it would print their contents it does that but when I do it that way i get no output in the command line. I am just wondering if you knew what might be going on there?

You may want to edit your post and include the code you're describing above. Although CountZero helped with a solution he may not be the person who continues to help with your problem. (What if he doesn't check this site for one or two weeks?) If you show the code you wrote after trying his solution another smart member can come along, see both CountZero's work and yours, and be in a much better position to help. :-)


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In reply to Re^3: Beginner Hash Element Comparison by luis.roca
in thread Beginner Hash Element Comparison by nicol004@uwp.edu

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