note citromatik <blockquote><c>my $discard = <$fh> for 1 .. 1; # $discard no longer in scope here.</c></blockquote> <p>I don't get the point, in what sense is your example better than this?</p> <c><$fh>;</c> <p>or</p> <c><$fh> for 0..2;</c> <p>The diamond operator doesn't use <c>$_</c> as default, so using it in "void" context silently reads the next line of the filehandle</p> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-615480"> <p><i>citromatik</i></p> </div></div> 770971 771095