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Hi All

I am using the routine below to check whether the contents of the file contain '1'.

But I think there is a logic error somewhere can anyone see it?

{

$virgin = "$user";
$virgin .= "virgin.counter";

open(VIRGIN, "$datadir/$virgin") or die "can't open file: n";
$data = ( );
close (VIRGIN);
if ($data eq '1') {
$aud = "$user";
$aud .= "audience.counter";
open(AUD, "$datadir/$aud") or die "can't open file: n";
$data2 = ( );
close (AUD);
if ($data2 eq '1') {
open (PER_VIRGIN, "$per_virgin") || &open_error($per_virgin);
while ( )
{
$item_number = "$_";
}
close (PER_VIRGIN);
$item_number += 1;
open (PER_VIRGIN, ">$per_virgin") || &open_error($per_virgin);
print PER_VIRGIN "$item_numbern";
close (PER_VIRGIN);
}
}

Thanks

Mark

What does the file look like, and also what is the error you are actually getting? Or what is happening? We can't troubleshoot if we don't know what the issue is.

And dare I ask why you are counting virgins?

--mark

the file is either null or contains the value one.

When the program is ran the if statement below is never true even if $data equals one. Why?

if ($data eq '1') {
$aud = "$user";

-Mark

you want this:

if ($data == 1) {

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