Consider the following example based on your code snippet:

#Something tells me we're not programming in Perl anymore Toto. ;-)

for (1..2) {

    print "Run: ", $_, "\n";

    $^A = "";
    formline(<<'OUTPUT_TABLE', 1, 2);
@<<<<<<<      @<<<<<<<<<<<<
@<<<<<<<      @<<<<<<<<<<<<~
OUTPUT_TABLE

    $out .= $^A;
    print $out;
}

for (3..4) {

    print "Run: ", $_, "\n";

    $^A = "";
    formline(<<'OUTPUT_TABLE', 1, 2);
@<<<<<<<      @<<<<<<<<<<<<
@<<<<<<<      @<<<<<<<<<<<<~
OUTPUT_TABLE

    print $^A;
}
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Run: 1
1             2
Run: 2
1             2
1             2
Run: 3
1             2
Run: 4
1             2
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I get it ;)
THANKS a TON !!! I can tell you spent time on this !