How can I open and read two files at once in a loop?

[shawn_milochik]

I want to do something like this:




open (FIRSTIN, "<$FIRSTINFile");
open (FIRSTOUT, ">$FIRSTOUTFile");

open (SECONDIN, "<$rtsalFIRSTIN");
open (SECONDOUT, ">$rtsalFIRSTOUT");

while (<FIRSTIN><SECONDIN>){

     #assume $otherData would be the $_ from <SECONDIN>

     print FIRSTOUT "$_\n";
     print SECONDOUT "$otherData, $_\n";

}

I have working code which opens two files (1 read, 1 write), then parses
the text from the file FIRSTIN to a particular format, then prints it to
the FIRSTOUT file.

I need to add to this the capability to open SECONDIN line for line with
FIRSTIN, and just print the same thing I took from SECONDIN to SECONDOUT,
along with a couple of pieces of data I have parsed from FIRSTIN.

I hope I have explained this well enough.

Thank you,
Shawn





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