: Re: Text munging problem:  question on while loop differences
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>What is the difference between:
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>a.                                     while(defined(my $line = <>)) ...
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>and
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>b.                                     while(<>)

Hello,

When you say "my $line = <>" you read the content from input (maybe file or 
terminal STDIN or pipe) line by line and store it on variable $line.but when 
you just say "while(<>)" this would store each line on Perl's builtin variable 
$_.



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