Section 7: Generating Reports

        Subject: can this perl script be more elegant/shorter ?
        Date: 30 Aug 2001 14:41:53 -0700
        Message-ID: <21724be2.0108301341.149624c1@posting.google.com>

This is a typical use of Perl
The program reads an input file and extracts some information into an output file
It's extract1.pl at the end of your book
The sample input is chaintest-scan
This is a superb example of Families of Variable Names