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in thread while modifier

my $foo_text; # this also works
$foo_text is not being initialized to $_ ?

I thought
my $foo_text .= $_ while (<DATA>);
was the same as a declaration/initialization statement
my $foo_text = "text";

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Re: Re: Re: while modifier
by suaveant (Parson) on Sep 21, 2001 at 01:07 UTC
    Well, the first time it is undef, so it is undef .= $_... every time after that it has a value... it is a warning not an error.

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