Im wandering how I can read out a plain text file in this format:
line 1
line 2
line 3
text (this contains several lines)
I know I can read out a single line with:
open CLURS, "colours.txt";
$value1 = <CLURS>;
close CLURS;
But how can I read out 3 lines, and a complete text and store those
values in 4 variables ?

cooldaddy wrote:
how can I read out 3 lines, and a complete text and store those
values in 4 variables ?
How is your question related to CGI?

An other cg script writes the values of a html form into a plain text
filein the way as described in my other posting. the form contains 3
single lines and a textarea.

cooldaddy (single_yipee@hotmail.com) wrote:
: An other cg script writes the values of a html form into a plain text
: filein the way as described in my other posting. the form contains 3
: single lines and a textarea.

That doesn't mean the problem has anything to do with cgi. That is a
problem with how to use the language.

However, one way to do your task (which may break if the format of a file
is not always as you say)

line 1
line 2
line 3
text (this contains several lines)

I know I can read out a single line with:

open CLURS, "colours.txt";
$value1 = <CLURS>;
close CLURS;

But how can I read out 3 lines, and a complete text and store those
values in 4 variables ?

open CLURS, "colours.txt" or die "ALWAYS INCLUDE ERRR CHECKS"
$value1 = <CLURS>;
$value2 = <CLURS>;
$value3 = <CLURS>;
@value4 = <CLURS>; # note: array
close CLURS;

alternativly
($value1,$value2,$value3,@remaining)=<CLURS>