Hi Ronald,
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 02:58:30PM +0200, Roland Schoenbaechler
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> analogy to the functions die or next). Does a variable exist indicating the
> line number of the currently executed step (or the last step)?
>
Yes, you can use the __LINE__ token:
.... or die "Died at line " . __LINE__;
You can also look at the Carp module, specifically the croak() and confess()
methods.
Cheers,
Kevin
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