SPUG: Reading records from a filehandle or a scalar

[Joe Slagel]

Does anyone know of a cute  trick to be able to read records
from either a filehandle or a scalar.  I guess you would
need to treat the scalar as a file handle in order to get
this to work.

Something like:

sub getRec
   {
   my $in = shift;

   # if $in is a scalar...do some magic

   my $rec = readline( $in );
   }

Thanks,
Joe

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Joe Slagel
Geospiza, Inc.
3939 Leary Way NW, Seattle WA 98107
(206) 633-4403
slagel at geospiza.com




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