actually, from what i understand, while (<ARGV>) and while (<>) are special syntaxes.
as soon as you add the &&, perl doesn't interpret it in the special way (ie. setting
$_ to each line of the file)
i usually do this:
while (<>)
{
last if /End of list/;
bla
bla
bla
}
-----Original Message-----
From: Guilherme Pinto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 2:12 PM
To: 'Sebadamus'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Simple question about "whiles" and files...
while (<ARGV> and $_ =! /End of list/)
Try that...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sebadamus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 12:27 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Simple question about "whiles" and files...
>
>
> Does anybody knows why I cant make this to work as I want? :-)
>
> while (<ARGV> and $_!=~/End of list/)
> {
> bla
> bla
> bla
> }
>
> So, with this I want to process the file in <ARGV> until EOF,
> and each line
> must be distinct than "/End of list/". So, if it is EOF or
> the current line
> is that string... the WHILE should exit...
>
> Can anybody HELLLLLPPP me...?
>
> Thanks you very much,
>
> Sebastian.
>
