format report_TOP=

You don't define the report filehandle yet.   You should define it first.


$~="report";
$^="report_TOP";
$title = "Some Report";

You define these variables too late to use them.


        ($num1, $num2) = (/(\d+)/g) for ($_);

That should simply be:

        ( $num1, $num2 ) = /\d+/g;


sub add{

Your subroutine is called "add" but it also opens a file, increments two variables and queries the user for a yes/no answer and a pair of numbers.   Either make the name more descriptive or reduce the functionality to match the name.


                   "START";

You have a string in void context which should generate a warning message.   But if you are trying to jump to the START label you shouldn't try to do that from inside a subroutine.

In reply to Re: Writing to a file using Formats by jwkrahn
in thread Writing to a file using Formats by biohisham

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