Um, no, you missed the whole point.

print unquote( <<"    TEST" );
    First line
    Second line
        Third line
        Fourth line
    TEST
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Tell me what that should produce and I'll tell you what my tab stops were set to and that you were wrong. :) (And don't be fooled by how your browser happens to display that code.)

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")