David le Blanc wrote: ... > You are making the assumption that '<TEST>' sets '$_' which is not > true. Oddly, perl makes '<>' set $_, but not <FILE>... dunno why
Sorry, but that's just not correct. while (<TEST>) DOES set $_, as documented in perldoc perlop under the secion "I/O Operators" The OP has some other problem. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>