Re: Determining what line a filehandle is on

I prefer __LINE__

open (FILE, "file.txt");
while(<FILE>){
    print "I am on line: ".__LINE__."\n";
}
close(FILE);
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- Jim

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Re: Re: Determining what line a filehandle is on by bhar98 (Scribe) on Jul 06, 2001 at 02:14 UTC
Actually __LINE__ will return the line of the perl code you are on, not the line of the file opened.	[reply]
Re: Re: Determining what line a filehandle is on by Anonymous Monk on Jul 06, 2001 at 04:58 UTC
silly goose. You know what that does? :) __LINE__ tells what line of CODE you're on, not line of the filehandle :) eg 01: use strict 02: 03: print "I am on line ", __LINE__, "\n"; will always print "I am on line 3\n"	[reply]
Re: Re: Determining what line a filehandle is on by snafu (Chaplain) on Jul 06, 2001 at 22:02 UTC
It appears that I made a grave error in my reading of this post :) and thus was 'punished' for it (I know its not really punishment...Im just being colorful). Anyway, I appreciate everyone pointing this lil mistake out to me. I will be more careful in my readings of posts next time. I was in a hurry when I read and replied to this write-up. There are times where you just gotta admit your mistakes. Anyway, I hope I didn't cause any confusion to those who are new to Perl. IGNORE MY ANSWER! :) It is NOT correct. ---------- - Jim	[reply]