Re: How do I backtrack while reading a file line-by-line?

tell to save your spot, seek to return to it.

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Re^2: How do I backtrack while reading a file line-by-line? by mdunnbass (Monk) on Oct 18, 2006 at 20:12 UTC
Thanks ikegami, I hadn't seen tell or seek previously, and once I read up on them, they proved to be exactly what I was looking for. That subroutine works beautifully now! Matt	[reply]