in reply to Re: How to Print Every Other Line
in thread How to Print Every Other Line

(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.

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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

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