I'm writing a script that uses "format STDOUT" in two seperate functions. But when I run the script I get the following error:

Format STDOUT redefined at ...

This happens even if the functions are not called.
I've done some looking around to find the answer. I read the perldoc perlform but it didn't quite sink in. Apparently my head is more dense than the perldoc. I'm guessing I need to use select somehow, but I just can't figure it out.
The script and even these functions are quite long so I'll include something I just dummied up that produces the same error:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my $foo = "FOO";
my $bar = "BAR";
my $foobar = "FOOBAR";
sub foo {
    format STDOUT =
FOO      BAR
@<<<<<<< @<<<<<<<
$foo, $bar
.
    write;
}

sub foobar {
    format STDOUT =
FOOBAR BAR
@<<<<< @<<<<<<<
$foobar, $bar
.
    write;
}

foo() if ($ARGV[0] =~ /^foo$/i);
foobar() if ($ARGV[0] =~ /^foobar$/i);

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I know this example isn't pretty but I just slammed it together.

TIA

In reply to "Format STDOUT redefined" by sweetblood

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