Hello Jennifer,
Tuesday, August 21, 2001, Jennifer Pan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
JP> I have a file :
JP> #myfile.txt
JP> a b c d
JP> a c s g
JP> g o y g
JP> _END_
JP> I wrote a perl script to put each line into a list;
JP> #/usr/bin/perl -w
JP> open (FH, "myfile.txt") ;
JP> while ($LINE = <FH>) {
JP> chomp $LINE;
JP> push @list, $LINE;
JP> }
JP> close FH;
JP> print $_ for (@list);
JP> _END_
JP> I expect to get
JP> a b c da c s gg o y
JP> g
JP> instead I got
JP> a b c d
JP> a c s g
JP> g o y g
JP> why didn't chomp work??!!
chomp removes part of your string, defined in '$/' variable.
JP> any insight is appreciated
what is your environment?
you can get above result if, for example, you have created myfile.txt in
windows ($/=\r\n), tranfers myfile.txt to unix-like OS ($/=\n) in binary mode,
and then run your script in unix.
Best wishes,
Maxim mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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