Input from source

ejdpop has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I want to read some lines of text into a Perl array, directly from the source, and then spit it out as user help. There is a way to do this, but I've forgotten it. Something like

read down to /xxx ... /xxx

PS: HTML, like a newborn baby gorilla, sucks and is truly ugly!

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Re: Input from source by kcott (Archbishop) on Jul 05, 2013 at 05:02 UTC
G'day ejdpop, Welcome to the monastery. That's the range (aka flip-flop) operator. See perlop - Range Operators. Note the two forms: `..` and `...` -- Ken	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Input from source by CountZero (Bishop) on Jul 05, 2013 at 05:47 UTC
Perhaps you mean something like: `my @array = <$FILEHANDLE>;` [download] It will slurp the whole sourcefile directly into the array. CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James My blog: Imperial Deltronics	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Input from source by hdb (Monsignor) on Jul 05, 2013 at 07:08 UTC
See here Read Between the Lines, a question asked earlier today (at least in my timezone).	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Input from source by sahil2588 (Novice) on Jul 05, 2013 at 08:06 UTC
you can directly open the file using some filehandler and parse it accordingly. below is the snippet `open (IN,"file.txt") or die ("Blah Blah"); while (<IN>){ Blah Blah Blah }` [download] Thats it!!! :)	[reply] [d/l]