--- Ayesha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I got started on Perl only today!
> I have a text file in which I need to read a line
> and the line after
> that. Like
>
> line1 and line2
> line2 and line3
> line3 and line4
>
> when I use while($line1 = <MYFILE>){
> $line = <MYFILE>;
> }
>
> I get output
> line1 and line2
> line3 and line4 ..etc. I guess everytime I read a
> line, it increases
> the counter and reads the next line. I tried playing
> with the $.
> variable, but it did not help.
>
Welcome to the list.
Yes <> in scalar context means read a line from input.
You may try this to see the $. variable.
use strict;
use warnings;
open MYFILE,"t1.txt" or die $!;
while(my $line = <MYFILE>){
print 'current line is: ' ,$line;
print '$. is: ', $. , "\n";
}
close MYFILE;
__END__
HTH.
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