...
foreach my $carroadnameverify2 (@lines) {
if ( $carroadnameverify2 =~ /$carroadnameverify/ ) {
my $format = " %-13s %-15s %-12s %0s";
printf( "$format", split /\:/, "$carroadnameverify2" );
}
else {
printf("CAR RECORD NOT FOUND");
}
} # END FILE LOOP
...
Indeed, if you have 10 non-matches within the foreach loop, "CAR RECORD NOT FOUND" will be printed 10 times. It seems, however, that you may be looking for something like the following:
...
my $found = 0;
foreach my $carroadnameverify2 (@lines) {
if ( $carroadnameverify2 =~ /$carroadnameverify/ ) {
my $format = " %-13s %-15s %-12s %0s";
printf( "$format", split /\:/, "$carroadnameverify2" );
$found = 1;
}
} # END FILE LOOP
printf("CAR RECORD NOT FOUND") if !$found;
...
This just uses $found as a flag; if it's not set (i.e., if the item wasn't found in the array), the "CAR RECORD NOT FOUND" message is printed only once. |