Hello

The following code reads the values of variables stored in several separate text files. 
open PL, 'pvclength.txt' or die "Cant open file";
pvc_l=<PL>;

open GIL, 'gilength.txt'or die "Cant open file";
$gipipe_l=<GIL>;

open QGBS, 'qgibendsocket.txt' or die "Cant open file";
$gibend_sck_q=<QGBS>;

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When writing these values and other computed values to a report file(.doc) using the code below: 
printf EH "\n   Item";
printf EH "\n   No    Descr.        Qty           Unit   Rate    Comp.
+    Party";

printf EH "\n   70    Pvc 4sqmm     $pvc_l        MTR    35.14   0.00 
+   $pvc_a";  
       
printf EH "\n   71    Gi Pipe 25mm  $gipipe_l     MTR    94.93   0.00 
+   $gipipe_a\n";            

printf EH "\n   73    Gi Bend       $gibend_sck_q NO  50.00   0.00    
+     $gibend_sck_a\n";
printf EH "\n        &Socket25mm\n";

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The expected output is: 
Item
No    Descr.          Qty   Unit   Rate    Comp.    Party
70    Pvc 4sqmm       2     MTR    35.14   0.00    70.28
71    Gi Pipe 25mm    3     MTR    94.93   0.00    284.79
73    Gi Bend         4     NO     50.00   0.00    200
      &Socket25mm

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But the output I get is this i.e. everything after the Qty figure appearing on the second line 
Item
   No    Descr.        Qty   Unit   Rate    Comp.    Party
   70    Pvc 4sqmm     2
        MTR    35.14   0.00    70.28
   71    Gi Pipe 25mm  3
     MTR    94.93   0.00    284.79

   73    Gi Bend       4
 NO     50.00   0.00    200

         &Socket25mm

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How to get around this problem? I tried removing whitespace from the Qty variables for example $pvc_l but that did not work. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

Update

The .txt files contain just a single value for example "pvclength.txt" just contains the value 2.

In reply to File write problem by perl_seeker

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