This is my third note on this subject, and I hope no-one objects. My questions (and those of other members) were why perl sometimes claims some variables have not been initialized, even when direct investigation proves that the variables in fact have valid real values. Several people suggested helpful ideas, but none of them worked.
But then my PC tech installed a program to find and locate spyware on my PCs. The problem with Perl's strange warnings went away instantly, and have never returned. Nothing else changed: same input files, same program, and same version of Perl. Does this make sense to anyone? Would anyone have predicted this behavior? Thanks, Walt
