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in thread How can I print hash content to pdf file ?

Yes, I tried printing a plain text something like this: $pdf->text( 'Hello PERL', x => 300, y => 300 ); The plain text printing perfectly. Is there any syntax to print the hash ?
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Re^3: How can I print hash content to pdf file ?
by Corion (Patriarch) on Dec 10, 2017 at 09:28 UTC

    If you need to supply coordinates, why don't you supply them when you print in your loop?

    Try maybe printing stuff into separate lines?

    my $offset = 300;
for my $line (@names) {
    $pdf->text( "Hello PERL", x => 300, y => $offset );
    $offset = $offset + 50; # move to "next line"
};

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    I chose 50 by random, maybe you want 12 (points) or 24.

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      Passing offset is a good suggestion. But I need to print hash value instead of 'Hello Perl'. I mean inside $pdf->text what can be written?
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        ->text() can write only text.

        You need to convert your data to text before you can write it.

        So, now maybe it's a good time to look at the first program to see whether/how you can atually get text from your data structure.

        Data::Dumper is a good way to inspect data structures.

        Update: Fixed missing markup spotted by Athanasius

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