Hi Folks,
I have a file with over 1000 words in first column and some value in the second column.
I am using the following piece of code:
my %datahash;

open(OUTFILE,">","$log");

my $ofh = select(OUTFILE);
$~ = "NEWFORMAT";
$^ = "NEWFORMAT_TOP";
$^L = "";
select($ofh);

format NEWFORMAT_TOP =
                                      -Page Number-
                                          @|||
                                           $%,
+-----------------------------------+------------+
|                                   |            |
| Data String                       |   Value    |
+-----------------------------------+------------+
.
foreach my $key (keys %datahash) {
format NEWFORMAT =
@<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<     @###.##
$key,                                   @datahash{$key}
.
write(OUTFILE);
}

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In some cases, $key has a long string containing around 100 words in it.
When I use the above code, I see that my $key is "pruned" to the number of '<' I have in format NEW_FORMAT.
I want to print the whole string that $key is equal to. How do I do this?
Thanks in advance for the help!
--Jessica

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