At 15.10 98.02.02, Michael G. Gardner wrote: >while (<IN>) { > chop; # strip record separator > $linecount++; > "do some processing > print sometimes" >} Where you say you "do some processing", does this include saving any part of the line in a data structure, or is it discarded? -- Chris Nandor mailto:pudge@pobox.com http://pudge.net/ %PGPKey=('B76E72AD',[1024,'0824 090B CE73 CA10 1FF7 7F13 8180 B6B6']) #== New Book: MacPerl: Programming for the Rest of Us ==# #== Publishing Date: Early 1998. http://www.ptf.com/macperl/ ==# ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch