Re^2: file handling

using IO::File

use IO::File;
my $fh = IO::File->new( 'foobar.txt', 'r' );
while ( my $line = $fh->readline ) {
     print $line if $fh->input_line_number > 3;
}
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Re^3: file handling by toolic (Bishop) on Jul 09, 2008 at 18:10 UTC
I like the different approach. But, I can not get your example to work. I get this error: `Can't locate object method "readline" via package "IO::File"` [download] Admittedly, I am running an older version of perl (5.8.5 on linux), but if I look at the docs for the more recent versions of perl (5.8.8 and 5.10.0) for the IO::File core module, they also do not mention a "readline" method. Does your code actually run for you? Just curious.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: file handling by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Jul 09, 2008 at 20:11 UTC
That's because the method is called `getline`. :) `while ( my $line = $fh->getline ) {`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: file handling by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 10, 2008 at 08:36 UTC
That needs to be `while ( defined( my $line = $fh->getline ) ) {` [download] `defined` is automatically added in some cases. That's not one of them.	[reply] [d/l] [select]