[lichy]

Originally Posted by KevinADC

local() is a builtin perl function that defines a global perl variable with a temporary value inside a block of code. For example, "$/" is a global perl variable, you would use local() to temporarily change it's value:

here $/ has its default value

sub do_this {
   local $/ = "\n\n";
   .....
}

here $/ has it's default value again

wah! eh... can explain in detail? sorry about that. my knowledge in perl is very litmited.