Perl 5.004_04 on my Solaris 5.6 machine had no problems making $_ of length 178956970. Of course I have an elephant crap load of memory on this sucker.
Exactly how long/big are we talking of making $_? -----Original Message----- From: David Gray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 9:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: How long can $_ be? > Is there some limit in how long the contents of the variable $_ can > be? Not that I'm aware of, no. > I encounter this problem on Solaris machines running Perl 5.005. > On Windows with Perl 5.6.1. no such problem was encountered. > > What could cause the problem? I suppose it might be a a configuration problem of some sort, but I doubt that. Could you show us the exact code you're using to load the lines from your file into $_ ? -dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- The views and opinions expressed in this email message are the sender's own, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Summit Systems Inc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
