Dr.Ruud wrote:
Jenda Krynicky wrote:my $data = do {local $/; <DATA>};is better written as my $data; { local $/; $data = <DATA> }; For smallish files it doesn't matter much.
Or perhaps: read DATA, my $data, -s DATA; John -- Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. -- Isaac Asimov -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/