> -Original Message-
> From: Shawn H Corey [mailto:shawnhco...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:03
> To: Parag Kalra
> Cc: Perl Beginners
> Subject: Re: Is it necessary to open the file again to read
> its contents.
>
> Parag Kalra wrote:
>
Wagner, David --- Senior Programmer Analyst --- CFS wrote:
> I guess the bigger question is why loop thru the file multiple
> times? You should be able to gather all that you need on one pass and
> either move into a hash or array depending on what you need. It may be a
> small file now, but
Thanks Shawn - 'seek' was precisely what I was looking for
Thanks Telemachus - For the sweet explanation
And yes David you have made a very valid suggestion. Thanks for that. Will
definitely keep in mind...
Cheers,
Parag
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Telemachus wrote:
> On Tue
On Tue Nov 17 2009 @ 11:23, Parag Kalra wrote:
> Now if want to again the loop through the contents of the file I was not
> able to do the following again:
>
> while ( ) {
> print "$_\n";
> }
>
> Instead I had to first close the previous file handler and the again open
> the file to loop th
Parag Kalra wrote:
> Can't this again closing and opening of file avoided while looping through
> the file?
See `perldoc -f seek`
http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/seek.html
--
Just my 0.0002 million dollars worth,
Shawn
Programming is as much about organization and communication
as it i
Hi All,
The general procedure which I following to process a files is:
open FILE, "my_file.out";
while ( ) {
print "$_\n";
}
Now if want to again the loop through the contents of the file I was not
able to do the following again:
while ( ) {
print "$_\n";
}
Instead I had to first clo
