Re^2: Avoid warnings while formatting with repeated format lines

Thanks kcott!

That is appreciated a lot! I will definitively bookmark this solution for later reference.

What would also be really cool, is using format also dynamically in the horizontal direction. That would probably mean to use eval and hook into the lowlevel formatting, I guess.

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Re^3: Avoid warnings while formatting with repeated format lines by hippo (Archbishop) on Aug 24, 2022 at 17:54 UTC
What would also be really cool, is using format also dynamically in the horizontal direction. I'll just mention that Text::Table exists so that you (and I) don't have to wrestle with such things. OTOH, if you were intent on a challenge ... 🦛	[reply]
Re^4: Avoid warnings while formatting with repeated format lines by hv (Prior) on Aug 24, 2022 at 19:40 UTC
There is also Perl6::Form, Damian Conway's implementation of the interface that was designed for Perl6 (now Raku) to replace Perl5's concept of formats.	[reply]
Re^3: Avoid warnings while formatting with repeated format lines by kcott (Archbishop) on Aug 25, 2022 at 00:29 UTC
"What would also be really cool, is using `format` also dynamically in the horizontal direction. That would probably mean to use `eval` and hook into the lowlevel formatting, I guess." You would need `eval` but shouldn't need to mess around with `STEP{FORMAT}` or anything like that. There's an example in "perlform: NOTES"; search for "The truly desperate can ...". :-) I used to use `format` quite regularly 20-25 years ago (probably a couple of times a week for generating all manner of reports). Although fairly proficient back then, I often encountered pulling-my-hair-out-in-frustration* situations. These days, I'd generally look to other solutions; I don't think I've used it this millenium. — Ken	[reply] [d/l] [select]