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in thread Skip 21 Lines

open (DATA, "<file.txt") or die "Can't open file $!\n";
<DATA> while $. < 21;
my @DATA = <DATA>;
close (DATA);

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Re: Re: Re: Skip 21 Lines
by MeowChow (Vicar) on Apr 25, 2001 at 11:24 UTC
    Nice use of an obscure variable (the obfuscator in me salutes you), but you'd better hope that the file is at least 22 lines long, or you'll be waiting quite a while for your data :-) 
       MeowChow                                   
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      Point taken (although I don't think of $. as particularly obscure.) Slight modification: 
      1 while <DATA> and $. < 21;

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