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How to take multiple lines of input in PERL?

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How to take multiple lines of input in PERL?
posted Jul 13, 2015 by anonymous

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You can use perl's $/ variable to define an record separator. The default is "\n", but you can change it, say you want to change it to "#" in a line.

Sample Code

$/ = "\n#\n";

while (<STDIN>) {
    chomp;
    print "You entered: $_\n";
}
answer Jul 13, 2015 by Salil Agrawal
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