The key is the regular expression, which grabs the numbers out of the line (assuming your data is sane)
while (<FILE>) {
# $number will only get set if the current line contains one or mo
+re digits in between parentheses
my ($number) = /\((\d+))/;
# do something with $number
}
I'd suggest reading perlre (but check your own system's docs) and poke around for phrases like "regular expression memory", which is the technique being employed here.
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