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my @backgr_data=<INFILE>; to read everything. Is the above less efficient than below? read INFILE, $backgr_data, $some_really_big_number; Thanks, Siegfried >This code is not reading the entire file. It is my >intent that it read the entire file. Can somone help >me remedy this problem? > Thanks, > Siegfried > > open (INFILE, "data.txt"); > my $backgr_data=<INFILE>; __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>