Thanks, I read the second para.

Thank you everyone else for your advice.

Here is the code which I'm trying and it doesnt work. I modified some code i found online. 
open DR, ">ddailyreport.prn" or die "Cant open file";

format DATA =
  @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<  @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<  @#####  @###############
+  Rs@#####.##  ~
  $consname, $subdvn, $chequeno, $receiptno, $amount
.

format TOTAL =
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
+-----------------------
                                                                      
+  Rs@#####.##
                                                                      
+  $total
.

format TOP =
  @||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||  Pg @<
  "Daily Deposit Works Report",        $%

  Consumer name         Subdivision      Cheque no.      Receipt no.  
+     Amount
  --------------        --------------   -------------   -------------
+-    -------
.

sub dotize {
    my($width, $string) = @_;

    if (length($string) > $width) {
        return(substr($string, 0, $width - 3) . "...");
    }
    else {
        return($string);
    }
}


$~ = "TOP";

write(DR);


open(FILE, "<ddailyreport.txt");
@lines = <FILE>;
close(FILE);



$total = 0;
foreach (@lines) {
    chop();
    ($consname, $subdvn, $chequeno, $receiptno, $amount) = (split(/!/)
+);
    $consname  = "" if !defined($consname);
    $subdvn = "" if !defined($subdvn);
    $chequeno  = 0 if !defined($chequeno);
    $receiptno  = 0 if !defined($receiptno);
    $amount= 0 if !defined($amount);
    $~ = "DATA";
    write(DR);
    $total += $amount;
}


$~ = "TOTAL";

write(DR);

close(DR);

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What is wrong in this piece of code?

In reply to Re^2: Question on the format statement by perl_seeker
in thread Question on the format statement by perl_seeker

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