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From: usenet@carssdf.UUCP (John Watson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: script gobbles up memory
Message-ID: <291@carssdf.UUCP>
Date: 1 Mar 91 01:43:50 GMT
Organization: C.A.R.S.,Middlesex,NJ
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Most of my scripts look something like this:

while (<>) { chop; @F=split(/_/);
    .... some code for each line ....
}

This gobbles up memory.  If I add a "reset 'F';" line in the loop, it is
fine.  Should I need to do this?  If necessary, why wouldn't a line of
"undef @F;" work? (it doesn't).

John Watson  ... Independent Programmer