I know that perl has a module called Term::Readkey that you could probably take advantage of to do whatever it is you're trying to do. I've never really used it before though, so one of the other monks will probably need to expand...or you could try looking it up on CPAN.
For example: 
use Term::ReadKey;

ReadMode 'cbreak';   # makes each char available as it is typed
$key = ReadKey(0);   # get the single char

# I guess here is where you'd want to print the comma  #

ReadMode 'normal';   # return mode back to normal

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If you want to get the individual coordinates, why not just have the user enter the two values seperated by a comma and then use the split function to get the values into an array. Just a thought.

But anyway, give the Term::ReadKey a look and see if that'll help you out at all. -Eric

In reply to Re: Formating in print by emilford
in thread Formating in print by Anonymous Monk

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