Sean D. Rowe wrote at Thu, 26 Sep 2002 21:26:54 +0200: > I need a function, like getline, which gets the previous line. I'm thinking > I've read somewhere how to do this, but I can't remember where. Anyone > know?
Use a variable holding always the last line: my $previous_line = undef; while (my $current_line = <FILE>) { # do something with $current_line; my $previous_line = $current_line; } Greetings, Janek -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]