Re: [MacPerl] Matching the Next Line(s)

[Sean Carte <seanc@mediatek.co.za>]

At 10:06 AM -0400 5/17/2000, Paul Schinder wrote:
>>Is there a similarly easy way to include the previous two lines?
>
>The easiest way would be to save the previous two lines as you go along.
>If the file is small enough, just slurp the whole thing into an array
>
>@lines = <IN>;
>
>and work on @lines
>
>my $i;
>for ($i = 0;$i < @lines;$i++) {
>	if ($lines[$i] =~ /$string)
>
>etc.
>
>If the file is large, just store the two previous lines somewhere.

I thought as much. I was hoping that you'd show me a clever trick 
that would circumvent this.

Thank you very much for your help--I was heading off on completely 
the wrong tack with regard to getting the next two lines!
-- 
My brain hurts!
SeanC
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