use warnings; use strict; my $date; my $lastdate = ''; my $line = 0; while(){ $line++; $date = $_; if (($lastdate ne $date) && ($lastdate ne '')){ print "$line: $lastdate"; } $lastdate = $date; } print "$line: $lastdate"; <>; __DATA__ 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 #### 4: 10 7: 11 9: 12