This is related to the solution arrived at in my previous question: http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=462126 When using the FileHandle module, you can getpos() and setpos() the current position in the file. I can't figure out exactly what it is that getpos() returns, only that using its value accurately resets setpos(). Anyhow, I read in a line from a text file using this: 
 $mypos = $myhandle->getpos();
 $line = $myhandle->getline();

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And then I want to find the first ; or / character in the line, and reset the position to that. I can find the index in $line of the character I'm looking for, but adding that to $mypos doesn't do what I thought it would do. Is there a way to convert that index into something I can add to $mypos and then use ->setpos($mypos)? Appreciate any help.

In reply to FileHandle setpos function by lgordoncurtis

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