Re: Iterator to parse multiline string with \\n terminator

in reply to Iterator to parse multiline string with \\n terminator


open my $fh, '<', $filename or die "Cannot open '$filename' because: $
+!";

while ( <$fh> ) {
    chomp;
    if ( s/\\$// ) {
        $_ .= <$fh>;
        redo;
        }
    # now complete line in $_
    }
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Re^2: Iterator to parse multiline string with \\n terminator by three18ti (Monk) on Oct 06, 2013 at 09:08 UTC
What's the difference between using redo and using next as a similar example above does?	[reply]
Re^3: Iterator to parse multiline string with \\n terminator by jwkrahn (Abbot) on Oct 06, 2013 at 21:41 UTC
next goes back to: `while ( <$fh> ) {` [download] And therefore reads the next line into `$_` while redo goes back to the line after that leaving `$_` unchanged.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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