On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Wagner-David wrote: > If straight text, then could just read the first line and start on the second: > my $MyHdrLine = <FILEIN>; # get first line > WHILE ( <FILEIN> ) { > } > You have bypassed first line(has carriage return still with it. > Now you start your processing.
It works, but I want to understand it as well. So, it is taking the first line and storing it in $MyHdrLine, why then does perl start at the second line after that? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]