Skipping records

[rshandy]

I'm reading data from a flat file/txt file and if I encounter a certain string I want to skip to the next line I 'd also like to skip several lines until I get to next "identifier"

while (<INPUT>) {

chop;
$newdata=$_;

if ($newdata eq "XX") {
skip to next record / or
skip several records until $newdata eq "ZZ"

}
}

Thanks.

 

[mikevh]

Use next to start the next iteration of the loop, e.g
next if $newdata eq "XX";
next unless $newdata eq "ZZ";

You should also be using chomp, not chop.
chomp removes the line terminator, whatever it is.
chop removes the last character of a line.

Please read the documentation on next, chomp and chop at

http://www.perldoc.com

or by using perldoc at the command prompt.

 

[rshandy]

Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction. I didn't realize the differences in chop and chomp.