On Feb 15, terri harrison said:

>Name: Happy, Species: Cat, Gender: Male
>Name: Peanut, Species: Hamster, Gender: Female
>
>if ($names{$_} =~ /\s*Gender:\s*$gen\s*/i) {
>if ($names{$_} =~ /\s*Species:\s*$sp\s*/i) {
>
>WORK
>
>why doesn't
>if ($names{$_} =~ /\s*Name:\s*$pn\s*/i) {

I can't tell without some data.  What of $gen, $sp, and $pn?

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