Just because this is a beginners list:
{ local $/; $entire_file = ; }
works because (please correct me if I am wrong)
{ # blocks get their own variable scope this is done so that we
# can muck with $\ without affecting surrounding code
local $/; # this is easier to see if yo
On Jun 2, David Gilden said:
>Is one of these preferred over the other?
>
>while(){
>push(@everyline, $_);
> }
>
>$longstring = join("",@everyline);
>@oldentries = split(//,$longstring);
It's kinda silly to make an array, just to join the elements together
later. Use a strin
Is one of these preferred over the other?
open(FROMFILE,$filename);
while(){
push(@everyline, $_);
}
$longstring = join("",@everyline);
@oldentries = split(//,$longstring);
---OR---
open(FROMFILE,$filename);
while (){
$longstring .= $_;
}
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