Sean D. Rowe wrote at Thu, 26 Sep 2002 20:54:49 +0200: > Right now, to get to a certain line number, I will open the file, set a for > loop to get a line until line number is reached, and then quit. Is there a > faster way? > > ex: for (my $i = 1; $i <= $LineNumber; $i++) > { > $Line = $FileHandle->getline; > }
I don't know whether there's a faster way, but there's simpler way: use Tie::File; tie my @line, 'Tie::File', $fname; my $nth_line = $line[$n]; Greetings, Janek -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]