Apparently (according to perlform), you can escape a "^" or a "@" like this: 
format Ident =
I have an @ here.
        "@"
.

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That said, though, I'm not sure that you want to be writing normal (non-formatted data) into the format.

According to perlform, one format line should contain either: a comment; a "picture" line describing a format; an argument line giving the values to plug into the previous picture line.

So perhaps you should just use print statements, or investigate the use of format headers, instead?

In reply to Re: Escaping an @ or a ^ in a format by btrott
in thread Escaping an @ or a ^ in a format by Anonymous Monk

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