Re: Line-by-line processing of a file where the first line is different

Why not just read one line first?

my $header_row = <>;
# process it

while (<>) {
   # process the file
}
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If you're not sure if the first line is the right one, loop until you find the header, then break out of the header-search loop and loop through the data using a different loop.

-xdg

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Re^2: Line-by-line processing of a file where the first line is different by jkeenan1 (Deacon) on Jul 11, 2006 at 11:28 UTC
Elementary, my dear Watson! I know I learned that way back when ... but you can get in such a rut writing code in the same way over and over that you forget the basics! I will try it out! Thanks. Jim Keenan	[reply]