Jeff, I guess it an old 'c' habit. I do this to check each line for the item I am looking for.
I there a better way and why? Thanks, Jerry -----Original Message----- From: Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:36 AM To: Jerry Preston Cc: Beginners Perl Subject: Re: a better way? On Sep 26, Jerry Preston said: >Is there a better way? A Perl way? > > $j = 0; > while( <file> ) { > chomp; > ( $lots[ $j++ ] ) = $_; That's usually written as push @lots, $_; > } Well, you could do: chomp(@lines = <FILE>); but why do you need the file in an array? -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ ** Look for "Regular Expressions in Perl" published by Manning, in 2002 ** <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
