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Re: Getopt, regexen, and newlines

by JediWizard (Deacon)
on Oct 12, 2005 at 19:32 UTC ( [id://499651]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Getopt, regexen, and newlines

Just a note:

$contents = do{local $/; <FILEHANDLE>;};

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Should use less memory and (I believe) run faster than:

@contents = <FILEHANDLE>;
$contents = join "", @contents;

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P.S. see perlvar for info on $/

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