To add to moritz's insight, if one has a long block of text like that, a here-doc can yield cleaner-looking code - see Quote and Quote like Operators in perlop.

print FH <<EOT; Total $thit $tmiss $twrong \ NoWx @no_wx \ Rain @rain \ RaSH @rain_sh \ Driz @driz \ Snow @snow \ SnSH @snow_sh \ IceP @ip \ FzRa @zr \ FzDr @zd \ Thun @ts \ Fog @fog \ FzFg @zfog \ IceF @ifog \ Haze @haze \ Blow @blow \ Smok @smoke \ Volc @va \ EOT $tmiss=0;; $thit=0; $twrong=0; @east=(0,0,0);@cent=(0,0,0);@sout=(0,0,0);@west=(0,0,0);

In reply to Re^2: Semicolon seems to be missing? by kennethk
in thread Semicolon seems to be missing? by Anonymous Monk

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