[Bioperl-l] can't parse blast file anymore

[Torsten Seemann]

Hubert

>the following perl script worked fine until a few days ago....
>
>    #iterate over each query sequence
>    print "try to enter while loop\n";
>  
>
die "Bad BLAST report" if not defined $search;

>    while (my $result = $search->next_result) {
>    print "entered 1st while loop\n";
>
>Output:
>
>[Hubert at ppc7 Database_Search]$ /usr/bin/perl Blast.pl
>try to enter while loop
>
>but it doesn't enter the first while loop, it stuck there, first I 
>  
>
What is the value of $search before you start the WHILE loop ?