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Re: Re: Read n lines from the top of a text file

by robin (Chaplain)
on Dec 23, 2001 at 18:38 UTC ( [id://134065]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Read n lines from the top of a text file
in thread Read n lines from the top of a text file

This (reading 10 lines from the top of a text file) was the first hole in the recent fwp golf competition. Here's a summary of the solutions.

The cleverest answer was by Piers Cawley: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -p
11..&

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Bonus points if you can figure out how it works :-)

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Re: Re: Re: Read n lines from the top of a text file
by tachyon (Chancellor) on Dec 23, 2001 at 19:35 UTC

    Hmm that is really obscure. 

    C:\>perl -pe "11..&" test.pl
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Undefined subroutine &main::; called, <> line 11.

C:\>

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    cheers

    tachyon

    s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print

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[d/l]

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