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supriyoch_2008 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi PerlMonks,

I am interested to get the detailed information of the student using print function in the following script i.e. 3.pl so that the information can be printed easily on a text page. When I have used the scalar variable $result1, I have got wrong result i.e. 1. I am looking forward to Perl Monks for suggestions. I am at my wit's end to get the desrired result using print function.

Here goes the input file: rc.txt

A:50:r1 B:45:r2 C:40:r3

The script 3.pl is given below:

use warnings; use strict; ######################## # DATABASE Input: ### #################################################### print "\n\n Please ENTER Database Name (.txt): "; my $DNAfilename=<STDIN>; chomp $DNAfilename; # open the file, or exit: unless (open(DNAFILE, $DNAfilename) ) { print "Cannot open file \"$DNAfilename\"\n\n"; exit;} my @DNA= <DNAFILE>; print"\n $DNAfilename Database:\n\n"; print @DNA; print"\n"; ########################## ## CODE STARTS HERE: ########################## {package Student; sub new { my ($class, $name, $age, $regd_no)=@_; my $objref={ NAME => $name, AGE => $age, REGD_NO => $regd_no }; return bless $objref, $class;} sub display { my ($self) = @_; if ($self) { print ' Student Name: ', $self->{NAME}, "\n"; print ' Age (yr): ', $self->{AGE}, "\n"; print ' Regd no: ', $self->{REGD_NO}, "\n"; } } } my @students; open (DNAFILE, '<', $DNAfilename) or die "Perl says $!"; while (<DNAFILE>) { chomp; push @students, Student->new(split /:/); } print"\n WELCOME to Students' Database:\n"; print"\n Enter the Registration Number to view the details: "; my $reg=<STDIN>; chomp $reg; my $result1=(find_student($reg)->display()); print"\n Detailed Information for Registration No. $reg:\n $result1\n"; sub find_student {my ($regd_no) = @_; print"\n\n"; print"\n The details of the Regn No. $reg are:\n\n"; for (@students) { return $_ if $_->{REGD_NO} eq $regd_no; } return undef; } print"\n\n"; exit;

The cmd shows wrong result as shown below:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\x>cd desktop C:\Users\x\Desktop>3.pl Please ENTER Database Name (.txt): rc.txt rc.txt Database: A:50:r1 B:45:r2 C:40:r3 WELCOME to Students' Database: Enter the Registration Number to view the details: r1 The details of the Regn No. r1 are: Student Name: A Age (yr): 50 Regd no: r1 Detailed Information for Registration No. r1: 1 # WRONG RESULT C:\Users\x\Desktop>