use strict; my $maxexp = 0; my $maxline = 0; my $line = 1; open(F, "base_exp.txt") or die $!; while (my $l = ) { chomp($l); my($a, $x) = split(/,/, $l); my $e = log($a) * $x; if ($e > $maxexp) { $maxexp = $e; $maxline = $line; } ++$line; } print $maxline,"\n";