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Sorry, I did have difficulty parsing the OP, but for paragraphs I would think that setting $/="\n\n", or something like that, would be more appropriate, no?

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Re^4: Inserting values into an array
by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Jun 01, 2005 at 14:16 UTC
    tlm,
    Nope. Of course common sense would tell you that "" doesn't imply a paragraph, but reading perlvar it seems Perl made a special case to solve your paragraph slurping problems.

    Setting it to "\n\n" means something slightly different than setting to "" , if the file contains consecutive empty lines. Setting to "" will treat two or more consecutive empty lines as a single empty line. Setting to "\n\n" will blindly assume that the next input character belongs to the next paragraph, even if it's a newline. (Mnemonic: / delimits line boundaries when quoting poetry.)

    Cheers - L~R

    Added snippet from referenced doc
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Re^4: Inserting values into an array
by Joost (Canon) on Jun 01, 2005 at 14:18 UTC
    I believe $/="" is special because it takes one or more blank lines as a record separator.

    Wierdly, the only documentation on this feature I can find quickly is in perlfaq6 - perlvar doesn't mention it at all.

    update: tested my assumption.

    Update2: Limbic~Region is right: it is mentioned in perlvar. For some reason I read past it.

    Update3: Also note that the description in perlvar is more accurate than mine, since it explains what happens with the "extra" blank lines (they're thrown away).

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      Joost,
      perlvar doesn't mention it at all.

      Which version of perlvar are you reading? See my post for details.

      Cheers - L~R

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