No thanks. :) If i am going to use a newline frequently, i add the -l (dash elle) run switch:

#!/usr/bin/perl -l
[download]

Work smart ... not hard. ;)

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

what if i don't want to always print out a newline? Simple, just use printf.

For years, I have been sitting here, railing and fuming silently against the supposed "brokenness" of printf's disrespect for -l. It's something I'd always put aside as a non-orthogonal oddity of the language.

My anger blinded me to the possibility of using my opponent's strength to my own advantage -- a classic judo move.

Thank-you for letting me see the error of my ways.

jeffa++

• another intruder with the mooring in the heart of the Perl

If i am going to use a newline frequently, i add the -l (dash elle) run switch

And if I want the effect locally, I set $\ (and optionally, $,) in a block, for example to print out a tab delimited text file:

{
    local($\, $,) = ("\n", "\t");
    print @fields;
}
[download]

I am obviously in the explicit-declaration faction.

++jeffa thanks for another WTDI. :)

--- The harder I work, the luckier I get.

Alternatively, remember that unless you changed it for slurp mode or whatnot, $/ is a newline.