Hello Jose, > @_=map{scalar(<>)}(1..$X)
inside a loop testing for eof is necessary: while(!eof()&&(@_=map{scalar(<>)}(1..$X)){ &foo; # gets @_ } greets, georg -- _($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo. G°\ / /\_¯/(q / ---------------------------- \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."· ");sub _{s,/,($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e,e && print}