Is there a way to control when print() actually goes to STDOUT? I have a LOTS of legacy code that has embedded print statements. I'd like to rearrange when things print without having to rewrite all the subroutines. For example, 

$str  = q[new text];
$str .= sample( qw(1 2 3) ); 
$str .= q[more new text]; 

print_now( "$str \n" ); 

sub sample {
    print q[sample(): ], @_, "\n"; 
}

sub print_now {
    say @_;   ## or
    print $FH @_; 
}

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Is there some trick to prevent the text in sample() from print'ing first? Can I redirect STDOUT to a variable in the code?

In reply to how to control/redirect print() by smile4me

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