#!/usr/local/bin/perl
  
  # define the strings used in printing
  @digitword = ("", "one", "two", "three", "four", "five",
       "six", "seven", "eight", "nine");
  @digit10word = ("", "ten", "twenty", "thirty", "forty",
       "fifty", "sixty", "seventy", "eighty", "ninety");
  @teenword = ("ten", "eleven", "twelve", "thirteen", "fourteen",
      "fifteen", "sixteen", "seventeen", "eighteen", "nineteen");
 @groupword = ("", "thousand", "million", "billion", "trillion",
     "quadrillion", "quintillion", "sextillion", "septillion",
     "octillion", "novillion", "decillion");
 
 # read a line of input and remove all blanks, commas and tabs;
 # complain about anything else
 $inputline = <STDIN>;
 chop ($inputline);
 $inputline =~ s/[, \t]+//g;
 if ($inputline =~ /[^\d]/) {
          die ("Input must be a number.\n");
 }
 
 # remove leading zeroes
 $inputline =~ s/^0+//;
 $inputline =~ s/^$/0/;  # put one back if they're all zero
 
 # split into digits: $grouping contains the number of groups
 # of digits, and $oddlot contains the number of digits in the
 # first group, which may be only 1 or 2 (e.g., the 1 in 1,000)
 @digits = split(//, $inputline);
 if (@digits > 36) {
         die ("Number too large for program to handle.\n");
 }
 $oddlot = @digits % 3;
 $grouping = (@digits-1) / 3;
 
 # this loop iterates once for each grouping
 $count = 0;
 while ($grouping >= 0) {
         if ($oddlot == 2) {
                 $digit1 = 0;
                 $digit2 = $digits[0];
                 $digit3 = $digits[1];
                 $count += 2;
                 $digit1 =0;
                 $digit2 = 0;
                 $digits = $digits[0];
                 $count += 1;
         } else {      # regular group of three digits
                 $digit1 = $digits[$count];
                 $digit2 = $digits[$count+1];
                 $digit3 = $digits[$count+2];
                 $count += 3;
         }
         $oddlot = 0;
         if ($digit1 != 0) {
                 print ("$digitword[$digit1] hundred ");
         }
         if (($digit1 != 0 || ($grouping == 0 && $count > 3)) &&
             ($digit2 != 0 || $digit3 != 0)) {
                 print ("and ");
         }
         if ($digit2 == 1) {
                 print ("$teenword[$digit3] ");
         } elsif ($digit2 != 0 && $digit3 != 0) {
                 print ("$digit10word[$digit2]-
$digitword[$digit3] ");
         } elsif ($digit2 != 0 || $digit3 != 0) {
                 print 
("$digit10word[$digit2]$digitword[$digit3] ");
         }
         if ($digit1 != 0 || $digit2 != 0 || $digit3 != 0) {
                 print ("$groupword[$grouping]\n");
         } elsif ($count <= 3 && $grouping == 0) {
                 print ("zero\n");
         }
         $grouping-;
         }
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I am getting an error message at line 77 near"-;" What am I missing?

Thank you for any help.

Wremmurg