Yes there was some mis-communication as I thought he was referring to variable $.? as opposed to $.
Derek B. Smith OhioHealth IT UNIX / TSM / EDM Teams 614-566-4145 "Graeme St. Clair" <Graeme.St.Clair@ To hds.com> "'Perl Beginners '" <beginners@perl.org> 02/15/2005 02:56 cc PM Subject RE: Start reading from a specific line Well, it is, you know. In my 3rd Edn, July 2000 printing, it's indexed about half way down the left column on p1011, where it is also described as $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER. Admittedly, the first reference (to p103) is off, as some refs are in this edn. But it's only just over onto p104. And p665 (correct this time!) gives you the goods. Rgds, GStC. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 11:01 AM To: 'Perl Beginners ' Subject: RE: Start reading from a specific line you are correct, you do not need " " around $. thank you! I was using strict and warnings, but must of had another error. I am unfamiliar with the variable $.? I tried playing with it, but was unsuccessful. I could not find it in cookbook nor in programming perl. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>