Re^2: skipping the first line of a file

my $discard = <$fh> for 1 .. 1;
# $discard no longer in scope here.
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I don't get the point, in what sense is your example better than this?

<$fh>;

<$fh> for 0..2;

The diamond operator doesn't use $_ as default, so using it in "void" context silently reads the next line of the filehandle

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Re^3: skipping the first line of a file by johngg (Canon) on Jun 12, 2009 at 22:44 UTC
silently reads the next line I use `$discard` to make it more obvious that the return value of the readline is being thrown away. Cheers, JohnGG	[reply] [d/l]


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