Hi All,

I am trying to use Text::Autoformat as opposed to perls built in format stuff (based on the recommendation of Dave Rolsky).

Using the example provided in the docs for Text::Autoformat (version 1.04 by the way) I tried to setup a print form bit.

The form I setup is a bit complicated so I will refrain from posting it unless you all feel it is necessary. I am not sure it is since I could very well just be making a simple mistake here.

The problem is that when I try to run the print form bit I get this error.

/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/Text/Autoformat.pm line 132: Can't use string ("") as a SCALAR ref while "strict refs" in use

128: my $text = '';

129: my $rem = $_[1];

130: my $config = $_[3];

131: 

132: $$ref =~ s/\A\s*//;

133: my $fmtnum = length $_[0];
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None of the variables I am passing in to the print form are currently set (and in production some may be set and some may not be) I just want to see if the format is right by printing one without the variable data on it. Just the lines and such. Does Text::Autoformat not support doing this with empty variables? Will they all have to be set to have a blank space in them? Like, " " instead of ""? Any help with this matter would be appreciated. Thanks all.