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Re: skipping the first line of a file

by Transient (Hermit)
on Jun 12, 2009 at 13:50 UTC ( [id://770973]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to skipping the first line of a file

my $first_line = <DATA>;
 
while (<DATA>) {
  ...
}

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or 
while (<DATA>) {
  next if $. == 1;
}

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Update: Forgot the obvious case. The first being preferred (imo) so as not to execute each iteration.

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