in reply to "uhshifting" the diamond?

`perldoc perlvar' => $.
while(<>){ if( $. == 1 ){ warn "i'm splitting"; ... } ... }

MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.