Maybe references are neater: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

my ($desc, $data, $ref);

while (<DATA>){
    if (/^Description:$/){
        $ref = \$desc;
        next;
    }elsif (/^Data:$/){
        $ref = \$data;
        next;
    }
    $$ref .= $_;
}

print "Desc:\n$desc\n---\nData:\n$data\n";

__DATA__
Description:
yada_d1
yada_d1
yada_d1
yada_d1
Data:
yada_d2
yada_d2
yada_d2
yada_d2

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This would probably be a good one for the .. flip-flop operator, but I have yet to learn how it works :) 

2;0 juerd@ouranos:~$ perl -e'undef christmas'
Segmentation fault
2;139 juerd@ouranos:~$

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In reply to Re: How to read lines from a file which is.... by Juerd
in thread How to read lines from a file which is.... by ginju75

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