The variable is not contained in any subs. I've tried just holding: $savestr="hello!" and it still doesn't work.
but if I pass "hello!" directly, it works.
$savestr="$optionstr\n$total\n$countstr"; 
print $savestr; 
#save data back to file 
#save edited data back to file 
####################save file
sub Savetofile{
#open and read each line
open(OUTFILE,">../kicks.txt")or 
die("Cannot open file");
flock(OUTFILE, LOCK_EX);
print (OUTFILE "$savestr");
flock(OUTFILE, LOCK_UN)or die("Cannot unlock 
file");
close (OUTFILE) or die("Cannot close file");
}

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Edited by Chady -- added code tags.

In reply to Re: Re: can't write a variable to a file by sabotodd
in thread can't write a variable to a file by sabotodd

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