Re: function that reads line numbers?

[Tim]

This is an example of the range operator '..' , which works with operands 
on either side.
In a scalar context, if either operand is a numeric literal, it is compared 
to $. , which contains the current line number of the input file.

e.g.   next if (5 .. /^Foo/);   #  skips lines 5 up to first line starting 
with Foo

At 08:19 PM 1/29/04 +0100, you wrote:

Rob Dixon wrote:

>Jeff 'Japhy' Pinyan wrote:
>>
>>   while (<FILE>) {
>>     print "small " if 1 .. 10;
>>     print "medium " if 6 .. 15;
>>     print "big " if 11 .. 20;
>>     print "\n";
>>   }
>
>Careful here Jeff. '..' compares its operands with $.
>(current record number) in a scalar context.
>
Hm. Why doesn't it operate on $_ like /regex/?
- Jan
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