Problem with my $variable

[joligario]

Another thing to look at: Is a 'my' variable script level or sub level?

[Theeper]

In PERL, "my" variables are private in scope. They're not the same as "local" variables, but they function as you'd expect a local variable would in this context. Not using "my" makes a variable global.

[trevius]

I think AndMetals suggestion cleared it up for me, though I didn't have time to fully test it yet. I was defining my variable in the subs instead of defining it 1 time before the subs to they all use the same one. That should allow each section to see any changes made to it.