1)is there a way to test if a number is odd or even
2)is there a way to alternate between loops like if you wanted to print 1 line from file a and then 1 line from file b and so on.
3)and lastly what happens if you change $/ during the loop of a <> operator. Example:

file data

stuff****more
stuff####

end file data
code
local $/ = "****"
while <FILE> {
     chomp $_
     my @array = (push, $_)
     $/= "####"}
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would this result in an array like this:

@array = ("stuff", "morestuff")
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or would the <> operator reset and give this result:

@array = ("stuff", "stuff***more\nstuff")
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or can you not do this at all and it would give an error message.
THANKS (by the way, hope to have fairly usfull template program that i will release for the monks in a few days once it works perfectly!)

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