this is the result of "a few simple questions" part 3
this deals with the changing of $/ while in a loop
heres the code:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

my @array;
open(FILE, "<file1.txt") || die $!;
local $/ = "****";
while (<FILE>) {
     chomp $_;
     push (@array, $_);
     $/= "####";
     }
close (FILE);
my $i="0";
foreach (@array) {
    $i++;
    print "$i$_$i";}
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Here is the file1.txt:

stuff****more
stuff####this shouldnt 
show up
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and here is the result that perl gives:

C:\Perl>perl test.pl
1stuff12more
stuff23this shouldnt
show up3
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so in conclusion if you change the $/ inside a loop you cannot use local and the <> does give the rest of the file even if the file doesnt end with the $/
Any thoughts, reasons not use this in code? Hope you found this enlightening monks.

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