Re: file reading and array's

Perfect! Thank you, my mind was out in left field somewhere. On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, DL Neil wrote: > Hi Scott, > > > In my constant effort to improve my perl conversion project, I have a > > question regarding file reading. I am taking two files and combining > > them in an array and then writing out a new file. Is there a way to: > > a)strip out the first line of the second file > > b)test for conditions based on what is on the next line on the file > > > > An example, I start the array on file one, then mid-way I start another > > array on the second file (this array within in the first). I need to > > check the next line in the file for a condition to exist. > > > > I have tried this, but run into the pointer resetting on each pass. > > > > Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > > Use explicitly array pointers instead of the 'built-in' ones, then: > > your need to look-ahead becomes array[$ptr + 1] > avoiding the first record becomes for ( $i=1; $i<$last; $i ++ ) //instead of $i=0 > > Does that cover things? > =dn > > --