mark sony wrote:
> Hi
>
> Can anyone tell me what does $. in perl mean ?
> And also anyplace I will get references about these in quick time ie.
> a handbook type ?
All the special variables are documented in
perldoc perlvar
$. keeps track of the input line number, similar to awk's NR
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In a message dated 3/20/2003 12:35:02 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hi
>
> Can anyone tell me what does $. in perl mean ?
> And also anyplace I will get references about these in quick time
> ie. a handbook type ?
>
It is an alternitive for $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER. All the
