Re^2: multi-line parsing

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You could also undef the separator and match globally ...

Be aware that the code given will globally alter the $/ package variable (see perlvar).

A more 'idiomatic' way to slurp the contents of a file without globally changing $/ (if you do not use the File::Slurp module or an equivalent) is with the statement

    my $file_contents = do { local $/;  <$file_handle> };
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    my $file_contents = do { local $/;  <FILEHANDLE> };
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Re^3: multi-line parsing by Nkuvu (Priest) on Mar 31, 2009 at 21:43 UTC
That's what I get for writing up a note just before lunch. I missed the `local` (but normally include that when altering the record separator). Thanks for the correction.	[reply] [d/l]

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