io::lines(3)
NAME
IO::Lines - IO:: interface for reading/writing an array of
lines
SYNOPSIS
use IO::Lines; ### See IO::ScalarArray for details
DESCRIPTION
This class implements objects which behave just like File
Handle (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 IO::ScalarArray in which the under
lying array has its data stored in a line-oriented-format:
that is, every element ends in a "0, with the possible
exception of the final element. This makes "getline()"
much more efficient; if you plan to do line-oriented read
ing/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 IO::ScalarArray for full usage and warnings.
VERSION
$Id: Lines.pm,v 2.103 2001/08/09 08:04:44 eryq Exp $
AUTHORS
Principal author
Eryq (eryq@zeegee.com). President, ZeeGee Software Inc
(http://www.zeegee.com).
Other contributors
Thanks to the following individuals for their invaluable
contributions (if I've forgotten or misspelled your name,
please email me!):
Morris M. Siegel, for his $/ patch and the new "get
lines()".
- Doug Wilson, for the IO::Handle inheritance and automatic
tie-ing.