in reply to writing report using format

The formating functions of Perl may have been a good idea when they were first invented and for some very simple reports they will still work OK, but nowadays I would invest some time into learning any of the templating modules.

I am a big fan of Template Toolkit, but there are many others equally good.

CountZero

A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom