In particular, I enjoyed the idea in the while() loop, many a times I used to end up on infinite loops but when I saw the way you did the while() and I remembered I saw that concept before but did not employ it, it looked convoluted, Now it looks precise, neat and sharp and I started doing it in my exercises.

I used the printf() and sprintf() but not so exclusively, I mean, well, they are easier of course, in formatting you have the placeholders and alignment left, right, center and for numbers you have a different placeholder ####, now this can be frustrating if you did not know what that is or why your numbers don't show and you can't realize you had to use @####.##### instead of @<<<<, ask me about it :P

I got stuck at formatting earlier and for that reason I abandoned learning Perl for two years and imagine coming back again and at formatting I did not wanna give up so I summoned an extra vigor. Practice Makes Perfect, I would Practice and I am cherishing all the replies from the Monks in here to get back to them every other while and see where I stand.

thanks again and best of luck

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In reply to Re^4: Writing to a file using Formats by biohisham
in thread Writing to a file using Formats by biohisham

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