Hi all,Dear perl Monks i am a beginner when it comes to perl programming
but i sure like it as perl is powerful coding, you can make real nice things with it . that's why i am learning it and trying to make some scripts.

I have a question related to counting lines in a data file
(i don't use any module or cpan or what so ever. Just pur perl code for as far i know ;-)

i got a data.out file containing lines like these sample;

391 | Classic Box Kite | low | 19.95
340 | 4-cell Tetra | in | 45.00
401 | Classic Dragon | in | 39.00
4110 | spitfire|low | 25.00

now my question is how can i count the lines in the data file.
above sample contains 4 lines...

then i want to do if lines in data file is more then $allowedlines = "25"; then run this subroutines {

subrotuine i canmake but i have no idea how tocount the lines
icant find it in the perl book i got as well. (cgi101 book)


In reply to How do i count lines from data file? by Anonymous Monk

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