I'd guess $line is never set before the first time it is compared to 99. Either (1) change line 11 to:
$line = 0; while ( $line != 99){ or (2) use a do-while loop. do { ... } while ( $line != 99); -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/