+--------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|                                          Check No. $chkno    | 
| $first                        $last                          | 
| $addr[0]                                                     | 
| $addr[1]                                                     | 
| $phone                                        $date          | 
|                                                              | 
| Pay to the                                                   | 
| Order of:                  $payee             $amount        | 
|                                                              | 
| For: $memo                         Stamped Signature         | 
|                                                              | 
+--------------------------------------------------------------+

##</code><code>##

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use warnings;
use strict;

print "Please enter the check number: ";
chomp (my $chkno = <STDIN>);

print "Please enter your first and last name: ";
chomp (my $first = <STDIN>);
chomp (my $last = <STDIN>);

print "Please enter your house number (or PO box) and street name: ";
chomp (my $one =<STDIN>);

print "Please enter your city, state, and zipcode: ";
chomp (my $two = <STDIN>);

my @addr = {$one, $two};

print "Please enter your phone number: ";
chomp (my $phone = (<STDIN>));

print "Please enter the date: ";
chomp (my $date = <STDIN>);

print "Please enter the payee's name: ";
chomp (my $payee = <STDIN>);

print "Please enter the amount to be paid: ";
chomp (my $amount = <STDIN>);

print "Please enter a memo for the check: ";
chomp (my $memo = <STDIN>);

format CHECK =
+--------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|                                           Check No. @#####   | 
													  $chkno,
| @<<<<<<<<<                          @|||||||||||||||         | 
  $first,							  $last,
| @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<    |
  $addr[0], 
| @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<    |
  $addr[1],
| @<<<<<<<<<<                          @||||||||||||||||||     |
  $phone,							   $date,
|                                                              | 
| Pay to the                                                   | 
| Order of:     @||||||||||||||||||||||||||||     @#####.##    |
				$payee,							  $amount, 
|                                                              | 
| For: @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<               Stamped Signature        |
	   $memo
|                                                              | 
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
.

write (CHECK);