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

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