“Now get Cost Data from a Database!”
l Original Code
open COST, "<cost.txt" or die "open cost.txt: $!";
while ($line = <COST>) {
    next unless $line =~ m/^\d/;
    ($prod, $cost) = unpack 'A4 @20 A7', $line;
    . . .
l New Code
$costs = $cost_db->prepare('SELECT prod,cost FROM costs');
$costs->execute;
while ( ($prod, $cost) = $costs->fetchrow_array ) {
    . . .
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