Anything you put inside <CODE> tags is displayed exactly as you type it. So any code you want to include should be enclosed in those tags. For example, to include a section of code, you would type:

<code>

foreach (@array) {
  any other perl code you want
}
[download]

</code>

If you want to type any special characters outside the CODE tags, you have to use the special HTML constructs for that. See the Site How To for some examples.

Apart from properly formatting your code, remember to always try to provide as much information as possible (sometimes a piece of code is not very helpful without some context as to how it is being used) and to reduce the problem to its minimum. See the Before you post... thread for more on this.

--ZZamboni

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Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!

Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.

Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.

Please read these before you post! —

• How do I compose an effective node title?
• How do I post a question effectively?
• Markup in the Monastery

Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:

a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr

You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)

	For:		Use:
	&		&
	<		&lt;
	>		&gt;
	[		&#91;
	]		&#93;

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See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.