Re^2: Question about reading specific line in a text file


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Re^2: Question about reading specific line in a text file

by naikonta (Curate)

on Apr 04, 2009 at 07:03 UTC ( #755411=note: print w/replies, xml )

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Actually, you only need one control statement if you know exactly the line number you want to process, by using $. aka $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER in English.

while (<DATAFILE3>) {
     $line = $_, last
        if $. == 76;
}
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