Yes it should, but not on my system. Thanks for your comments.
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Bob Showalter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. Oktober 2004 16:00 An: 'David le Blanc' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: RE: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop 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> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>