in reply to How to route a format into a variable

Just a question,
if you want your formated output alltogether in on variable, why don't you use  sprintf and concat all the lines together in one string, or maybe one array ?

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Re: Re: How to route a format into a variable
by ppm (Novice) on Feb 12, 2003 at 17:51 UTC
    >> why don't you use sprintf

    i don't know how to do this with formats ;o) do you have a solution?

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      There is an example of a sprintf-like function emulating write in the Perl Formats documentation, reproduced below for convenience.

      use Carp;
sub swrite {
    croak "usage: swrite PICTURE ARGS" unless @_;
    my $format = shift;
    $^A = "";
    formline($format,@_);
    return $^A;
}

$string = swrite(<<'END', 1, 2, 3);
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@<<<  @|||  @>>>
END
print $string;

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        @Kanji:

        yes, i saw this topic .. but i don't understand how to use this for my e.g. any help?

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        @Kanji:

        yes, i saw this topic . but i've no idea how to do this for my e.g. do you have any ideas?

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