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Formatting Your Output

by varalaxmibbnl (Acolyte)
on Aug 29, 2013 at 06:54 UTC ( [id://1051366]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

varalaxmibbnl has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

if i execute this code i get a compile error as"Format not terminated at end of line syntax error" provide me a solution for this....

#!/usr/local/bin/perl $~ = "MYFORMAT"; write; format MYFORMAT = =================================== Here is the text I want to display. =================================== .

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Re: Formatting Your Output
by choroba (Cardinal) on Aug 29, 2013 at 07:02 UTC
    The lines of the script (except the shebang line) seem to start with a space. It is OK for commands, but the format must end with a dot that is the first character on the line. Remove the space before the dot.
    لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ
      thanks its working now

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