Re^3: How to use __DATA__ efficiently, help!

[Anonymous Monk]

I am getting weird numbers in the middle of the html code; 1 and 11, using:

while (<DATA>) { 
    $_.=s/<--date\/\/>/$date/;
    $_.=s/<--loc\/\/>/$location/;
    $data .= $_ 
 }

Any ideas why?

[Anonyrnous Monk]

$_.=s/<--date\/\/>/$date/;

You probably meant

    $_ =~ s/<--date\/\/>/$date/;
    ...

or just (as $_ is the default anyway)

    s/<--date\/\/>/$date/;
    ...

s/// returns the number of substitutions made, so as you have it, you're appending that number to $_.