HERE document string terminator error

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

Hi Monks,

I have used the Here document in part of my function to print multiple statements.When i execute the here document part only as a stand-alone script,it prints the expected output.However,when i use the here document within a function , I get the following error :

"Can't find string terminator "END" anywhere before EOF at generateTAFLib.pl line 110."

The codelet is


sub test(){

#variable declarations
#some code

print <<'END';
   output
END

#some code
}
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I checked the perfaq and verified that the code conforms to the here document requirements.Can't figure out why i get this error.

The output spans a lot of lines and so have not mentioned it here.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: HERE document string terminator error by 1Nf3 (Pilgrim) on Jul 10, 2009 at 08:01 UTC
I would guess that you have left a space after the `END`, or the whole sub is indented. The terminator must be all alone on a separate line for the whole thing to work. Check it. Regards, Luke	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: HERE document string terminator error by perlpal (Scribe) on Jul 13, 2009 at 05:27 UTC
I guess that was it!the space after the END. got it working now. Thanks!	[reply]
Re: HERE document string terminator error by moritz (Cardinal) on Jul 10, 2009 at 07:49 UTC
The piece of code you posted here works fine for me. So please post something that really exhibits the error, otherwise we can't help you.	[reply]
Re: HERE document string terminator error by pKai (Priest) on Jul 10, 2009 at 08:27 UTC
What moritz said. Nonetheless you might check for trailing whitespace behind the `END` terminator, which is an easy way to trigger your error. Update: Oops, heavy delay on cross post with 1Nf3.	[reply] [d/l]


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