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IO::Lines - IO:: interface for reading/writing an array of lines
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IO::Lines - IO:: interface for reading/writing an array of lines
This module is not included with the standard ActivePerl distribution. It is available as a separate download using PPM.
use IO::Lines;
# See IO::ScalarArray for details
This class implements objects which behave just like FileHandle
(or IO::Handle) objects, except that you may use them to write to
(or read from) an array of lines. They can be tiehandle'd as well.
This is a subclass of the IO::ScalarArray manpage in which the underlying
array has its data stored in a line-oriented-format: that is,
every element ends in a "\n", with the possible exception of the
final element. This makes getline() much more efficient;
if you plan to do line-oriented reading/printing, you want this class.
The print() method will enforce this rule, so you can print
arbitrary data to the line-array: it will break the data at
newlines appropriately.
See the IO::ScalarArray manpage for full usage.
$Id: Lines.pm,v 1.106 1998/12/16 02:00:04 eryq Exp $
Eryq (eryq@zeegee.com).
President, ZeeGee Software Inc (http://www.zeegee.com).
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