Or this can be further simplified:
while (<FILE>) {
$counter += 20;
}
The += operator is equivilent to saying add the value then assign it to
the variable.
Tim Donahue
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 1:03 PM
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> Subject: Re: Incrementing count
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 6:20 AM
> Subject: Incrementing count
>
>
> > I'm sorry, the previous subject should have been changed.
> My apologies.
> >
> >
> > while (<FILE>) {
> > $counter++;
> > }
> >
> > I know this is probably simple, but how would I increment
> by 20? In other
> > words, $counter would increment 1 time for every twenty
> lines of the file?
> Any
> > help would be appreciated.
> >
>
> while (<FILE>) {
> $counter=$counter +20;
> }
>
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