I'd like to use Perl formats (document perlform). But I do not want to send the output to a file handle. Instead, I need to copy the formatted output to a variable. Question is, if there is something like a corresponding swrite function to swrite as there is a sprintf function to printf? Alternatively, do I completely miss the point???

printf and sprintf: 
my $var = 'world';
printf "Hello %s.\n", $var;             # goes to STDOUT
my $out = sprintf "Hello %s.\n", $var;  # goes to $out

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write but no swrite: 
my $var = 'world';
format STDOUT =
Hello @>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
      $var
.
write;                                  # goes to STDOUT
# my $out = swrite;                     # I NEED HELP!

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In reply to Perl formats without file handles by m-rau

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