Thanks so much - only one problem: when I try to use while (my $line =
<MYFILE>) { etc } I get a bunch of errors similar to this one:Use of uninitialized value at JustForTest.pl line 13, <MYFILE> chunk 5. Do you know what I am doing wrong? Thanks, tim ____________________________________________________ Timothy B Booher, Lt USAF, AFRL/MNAC 101 West Eglin Blvd, Suite 339 Eglin AFB FL 32542-6810 Phone: 850-882-8302 Ext. 3360 (DSN 872-) FAX: 850-882-2201 -----Original Message----- From: Hanson, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 4:27 PM To: 'Booher Timothy B 1stLt AFRL/MNAC'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: find blank line One way is to do this... while ( my $line = <FILE> ) { next if ( /^\s*$/ ); } Rob -----Original Message----- From: Booher Timothy B 1stLt AFRL/MNAC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 5:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: find blank line When parsing a text file - what is the best way to skip a "blank" line - when I find the length I get a length of 1 (perhaps the newline). I know that I could chomp($_) and then if(length($_) != 0) {do something} else {next} but I feel that there should be a way to have an if($_ = $blank) statement. Any thoughts . . . tim ____________________________________________________ Timothy B Booher, Lt USAF, AFRL/MNAC 101 West Eglin Blvd, Suite 339 Eglin AFB FL 32542-6810 Phone: 850-882-8302 Ext. 3360 (DSN 872-) FAX: 850-882-2201
