Is there a way to have only a certain number of inputs from the user? For example I ask the user how many files they want to input, then read those file names into an array. I tried doing this but it doesn't work. I know this will read into an array, but it can't limit the number of inputs. 

my @arr = split(/\s+/, <>);

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This is what I've tried so far but to no success 

print "How many files do you want to combine?: ";
my $numfiles = <>;

print "Please input the file names:\n";
my @filenames;

for (my $currentfile = 0; 0 < $numfiles-1; $currentfile++)
{
    my $line = <STDIN>;
    $line =~ s/(^\s+)|(\s+$)//g;
    @filenames = split(/\s+/,$line);
}

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In reply to Limited Number of User Input by kash650

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