Trina Espinoza wrote: > > So this may be wishful thinking, but I would be kicking myself later if I didn't > ask. Is there a function in perl where you give the function exact line numbers > and it would only read the data in the range of lines you gave it? My other > alternative would be using a counter to find a start line and an end line in a > file. Doable but painful. Let me know if there is any hope . . .
Hi Trina. Perl and its modules will do most things for you! Try use Tie::File; tie @myfile, 'Tie::File', 'myfile' or die $!; then anything in the file will be reflected by the array, like print $myfile[$_], "\n" foreach 1, 3, 7; But remember two things: - By default, the array elements will /not/ have the newline "\n" record terminating string. - The file is opened read/write by default so modifying the array in any way will change the file. Both of these behaviours can be changed. Look at perldoc Tie::File for how, if you need to know. HTH, Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
