Essentially, any time you are operating in a block (typically defined by statements that use { and } to denote a block), you indent a single time:

for (@things){
    # this is a block. indent once

    if ($_ eq 'blah'){
        # this is an inner block, indent twice

        while (1){
            # 2nd level inner block
            # indent three times
        }

        if (0){
            # another 2nd level inner block
        }

        # back in 1st inner block
    }

    # back in outer block
}

# back to top level
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In that case you could do a lot worse than perltidy.

My editor does it for me, which one do you use?

I'm sure you'll find someone here telling you how to do it there.

I am using either vi or gedit. I think Notepad++ helps a bit but I can't get it on some computers (Uni computers, can't download stuff etc).

I understood indenting is done in blocks, as it was also pointed out earlier. As in, when something *separate* from the other things is happening, I should indent. But I don't think I was doing it correctly.

Can I bother you all with one more thing? I've commented on my question asking one more thing, hopefully you'll be able to point what I'm doing wrong? I've spent days on this bit and still no luck.

> Can I bother you all with one more thing? I've commented on my question asking one more thing, hopefully you'll be able to point what I'm doing wrong?

Please don't do this, little will notice and you are destroying the context of the answers.

Rather reply to your own thread with new questions or even start a new thred if the drift is too large.

> I am using either vi or gedit.

I'm sure vi and gedit can do this, but I'm no expert there.

Marking the editors in the title will hopefully attract those experts.

Cheers Rolf
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