in reply to Re^4: perlform ^* variable field length
in thread perlform ^* variable field length

This seems to be exactly what you posted in Re^2: perlform ^* variable field length. You were asked to clarify, not repeat yourself.

What I don't understand, for example, is why the second line in your "desired result" should be:

col2:line2||||col5:line2|col6:line2

rather than:

|col2:line2|||col5:line2|col6:line2

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Re^6: perlform ^* variable field length
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 28, 2015 at 08:20 UTC

    yes, you are correct, there was typo in that reply

    here's the corrected array 

    ('col1 : line1
col1 : line2',
'col2 : line1',
'col3 : line1',
'col4 : line1',
'col5:line1
col5:line2',
'coll6 : line1
coll6 : line2
coll6 : line3
coll6 : line4'
);

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    and corrected desired result 

    col1:line1|col2:line1|col3:line1|col4:line1|col5:line1|col6: line1
col1:line2||||col5:line2|col6:line2
|||||col6:line3
|||||col6:line4

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    I think, you got how I want to print the content of array. Going by the perlform doc and using ^* alongwith ~~ the format string I'm using should work, but it throws Out of Memory Error!.

    or is there any other way i can get the desired result.

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