On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 01:03:50PM -0800, brady jacksan wrote: > Hi Hi,
> I am writing a script that reads file from command line and places > each line from the files into an array, and prints out the total lines > read and then > each line read. > > while (defined ($files = <>)) { > chomp; > print "Total lines in the files:@files\." ^ > print "@files\n" ^ > ^ > why do keep getting compilation errors? Because your syntax is invalid. Braces must be balanced, and each statement must end in a semicolon. Also, you don't need to escape periods in quoted strings. -- Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jedimike.net/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]