using Format

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

try this:

$test = "blah blah";
format NAME =
  :  :  @|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||  
+ :  :
$test
.
print(NAME);
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# doesn't work, change the handle to STDOUT works fine..is # this some bug?

Edit by tye

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Re: using Format by no_slogan (Deacon) on May 08, 2001 at 02:06 UTC
Open NAME first. Use write().	[reply]
Re: using Format by damian1301 (Curate) on May 08, 2001 at 02:06 UTC
You are supposed to write that... Tiptoeing up to a Perl hacker. Dave AKA damian	[reply]