Nkuipers wrote at Wed, 18 Sep 2002 18:53:44 +0200: >>e.g. I have a file with a header - and I only need the data from line >>100 and forward where the single lines are put in to a array for further >>"treatment". > > If you are SURE of consistent formedness in your input file (data will always > be at lines 100+) you could use the $. var, which holds the current line > number in a file: > > open FH, "< yourfile" or die $!; > while (<FH>) { > next until $. = 100; ^ That should be a == (or a >= to be more defensive) :-))
> push @somearray, $_; > } > > for (@somearray) { > do something... > } Greetings, Janek -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]