Dr.Ruud wrote: > Jeff Peng wrote: > >> so how about while (my $line = <FILE>) instead of using $_? > > Evil! An empty line, or a line with only a "0" in it. >
Not quite. Lines are not completely empty. A blank line would have "\n". A line with just zero would have "0\n". Only after a chomp would the test fail. WARNING: Evil code, do not use: while( chomp( my $line = <FILE> )){ -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. I like Perl; it's the only language where you can bless your thingy. Eliminate software piracy: use only FLOSS. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/