Re: reading two files in parallel

[moritz]

Something like this?

while (1) {
   my $a = <F1> or last;
   my $b = <F2> or last;
   # use $a and $b here
}

[morgon]

This is a nice way to do it, however I would alaways advice against using $a and $b as variable names as they are "magic" names for sorts and bugs where your variables are then shadowed in a sort can be hard to track down, so better avoid potentially troublesome names.