how do you use the "line number" variable inside a while loop like i am
trying to do below?
i never get to process the first line of the file, and as a result,
subsequent calculations are inaccurate. it always jumps to the second "if"
statement.
thanks
joe
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#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict ;
use warnings ;
open (fh1, "/path/to/data/file.txt") or die ("arg123 ... no can do") ;
while (<fh1>) {
chomp ;
if ($. == 1 ) { # first line is initial values
my @initial_values = split / /, $_ ;
# process intial values here
}
if ($. > 1) {
#process subsequent values here
}
} # end of while loop
close (fh1) ;
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