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in thread How to display first line of each record using the question code

My problem is I can't get $/="__Data__\n" to work using my code

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Re^3: How to display first line of each record using the question code
by LanX (Saint) on May 18, 2013 at 17:40 UTC
    > I can't get $/="__Data__\n" to work

    My code works, so yours must be wrong! :)

    Try to trek down the problem by replacing the "code in question" bit by bit.

    Did you use double-quotes?

    Does "\n" really immediately follow "__Data__" in your data?

    Cheers Rolf

    ( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

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