c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -e
"my $arrayref = [ 'The quick', 'brown fox jumped', 'over the lazy dog.
+', ];
 ;;
 for my $i (0 .. $#$arrayref) {
   printf ' ' x 6 if $i == 0;
   print qq{$arrayref->[$i] \n};
   }
"
      The quick
brown fox jumped
over the lazy dog.

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Sweeten with
    ... unless $i == 0;
or
    ... if $i != 0;
etc. to taste. (Doesn't require 5.10+.)

Give a man a fish:  <%-{-{-{-<

In reply to Re: Easiest way to do something only on first iteration of loop by AnomalousMonk
in thread Easiest way to do something only on first iteration of loop by ibm1620

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