Re: slurping a file

2007-05-10 Thread Dr.Ruud
Robert Hicks schreef: > If I do this: > > open $FH, '<', $THE_FILE or die "$0: open problem"; > my @ids = map substr($_, 0, 5), <$FH>; > > Does that file handle get closed after the slurp? No, but you can write it like: #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $fname = q/data.txt/;

RE: slurping a file

2007-05-10 Thread Andrew Curry
No it wont, not until you close it or the program exits or it goes out of scope and is cleaned up by garbage collection. -Original Message- From: Robert Hicks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 May 2007 14:14 To: beginners@perl.org Subject: slurping a file If I do this: open $FH, '<',

Re: slurping a file

2007-05-10 Thread Jeff Pang
-Original Message- >From: Robert Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: May 10, 2007 9:13 PM >To: beginners@perl.org >Subject: slurping a file > >If I do this: > >open $FH, '<', $THE_FILE or die "$0: open problem"; >my @ids = map substr($_, 0, 5), <$FH>; > It doesn't unless you close it by han