Re: How to Print Every Other Line

How about something like:

while (<DATA>) {
   print $_;
   <DATA>
}

__DATA__
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Re^2: How to Print Every Other Line by muba (Priest) on Jun 30, 2004 at 17:57 UTC
(ahem) The original poster only wants the odd lines (1, 3, 5 etc) printed, lol. Update: instead of saying 'you should read better', I should read better. I'm sorry.	[reply]
Re^3: How to Print Every Other Line by thor (Priest) on Jun 30, 2004 at 18:09 UTC
...and that's what (s)he gave. By calling the <DATA> in the loop, (s)he is taking a line and throwing it away. So, in essence, you're reading two lines and printing one. thor	[reply]