Hi all - the code is not in its proper format nor am I using proper syntax. I believe my question can be answered with a general representation of my code


my $x=0;
for (my$a=0; $a<10; $a++)
{
   open (file);
   while <my $line = file>
   {
      $x++;
      if ($x==1)
      {
         print $header, "\n";
         (@keys) = split (/\t/, $line);
      }
      else
      {
         *Does some filtering as each line is read in*
      }
   }
}

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question: I need to print the header and split the line + store into an array ONCE per iteration. Meaning everytime the for loop iterates, the while loop will be carried out. When the while loop is carried out, I need the first part (the if statement) to execute once, and only once. How would I go about doing this?

In reply to Reset a vairable inside a for loop inside a while loop by dkhalfe

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