"Charles K. Clarkson" wrote:
> Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> :
> : "R. Joseph Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> :
> : > > Something like:
> : > > [...] snipped getopts and other unrelated stuff
> : > > while(<FILE>){
> : > > chomp;
> : > > my $line = $_;
> : >
> : > Why here. Since you are doing this with each line,
> : > you could write in the loop control:
> : > while (my $line = <FILE>) {
> :
> : Not sure I understand the advantage. In my
> : formulation, `$line' is minus the trailing newline...
> : which I've found to be nearly always a plus.
>
> I think Joseph was implying the 'chomp'. This is
> still shorter and IMO clearer than using $_.
Not exactly. Just being sloppy about it.
Joseph
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