[grand-rapids-pm-list] Perl Puzzle

[Ed Eddington]

I did receive a couple responses to the Perl puzzle - and a pretty tough contender for the fewest bytes. How low can you go? If you have a solution, pass it along. I'll reveal the winning code entries tomorrow. Below is a copy of the puzzle.

Again, the June meeting tomorrow is at Priority Health Conference Center from 11:30 -1PM. We will be having a discussion on "Large-Scale Development and Design Patterns". If you know you're coming, drop me a note so I can get an accurate count for pizza.

Ed Eddington
President GR Perlmongers
email: ed.eddington at priorityhealth.com
Ph 616.566.2462

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> Perl Puzzle
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> Here's a pretty basic problem. We need to add line numbers to each line of a text file. We need to turn this:
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> This text file
> may have hundreds
> of lines of text
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> ...into this:
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> 1 This text file
> 2 may have hundreds
> 3 of lines of text
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> Write a quick Perl script to accomplish this. Time can be money, so the first correct response will win their choice of book from our Library. Also, creativity counts, so a free book will also go to the person whose script accomplishes this with the fewest bytes of code (don't bother with 'use strict;' here!). Your script should accept a filename as a parameter and modify the file in place. Please email your code to me (not the list) by Thursday 5PM. Good luck!
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