You probably have it like: 
while () {
    print <<END;
        my text
    END
}

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when, as you are recognizing, needs to be 
while () {
    print <<END;
        my text
END
}

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While you can modify the here document starting point, such as 
    print <<    END;

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where that space is a tab character, this would look worse.

I've run into the same problem, and for things like sql statements, I find it better to use q() and friends, such as: 

$sth=$dbi->prepare( q/
     SELECT * FROM my_table WHERE AVERAGE( cost ) < ?
     /) or die DBI->errstr;

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The indents in this code will rarely affect SQL, and probably only a few select other cases will it be a problem.

Dr. Michael K. Neylon - mneylon-pm@masemware.com || "You've left the lens cap of your mind on again, Pinky" - The Brain

In reply to Re: here documents formatting by Masem
in thread here documents formatting by the_0ne

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