Hi! I don't understand why I need to use a list assignment for
say scalar(()=<$fh>); but not for say scalar(grep /./, <$fh>); >From perlop: If a <FILEHANDLE> is used in a context that is looking for a list, *a list* comprising all input lines *is returned*, one line per list element. >From perlfunc: grep EXPR, LIST Evaluates the BLOCK or EXPR for each element of LIST (locally setting $_ to each element) and *returns the list value*... Thank you, Andrey -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
