>I'm trying to create a function that can determine whether two text files
>contain the same info. I don't care about what info might be different,
>just if the two text files are different.
>The problem is with the following line:
>while ( (my $line_base = <CRCBASE>) || (my $line_new = <CRCNEW>) ) {
>Because when you have
>condition_A || condition_B
>If condition_A is true, it would skip condition_B and go to next line
>Therefore, because (my $line_base=<CRCBASE>) successfully read a line
from file CRCBASE, the second condition (my >$line_new=<CRCNEW>) is
skipped thus remain undef
>You should change || to &&.
Sorry, && would not get what you want to do. You need to add more codes
for comparing lines from each file.
Regards
Jing Wee
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