On Jan 29, Thunem, Tom said:
>can anyone tell me how to toggle between 2 different formats writing to the
>same output filehandle? i am not having luck with coding the select and
>write statements.
By default, the format for any given filehandle has the same name as the
filehandle itself. To change that, select() the filehandle to work with,
and set $~ to the format name.
format FOO =
Name: @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Age: @##
$name, $age
.
format BAR =
Occupation: @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Years Exp.: @#
$occup, $exp
.
select RECORD;
$~ = "FOO";
write; # writes format FOO to RECORD
$~ = "BAR";
write; # writes format BAR to record
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<stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course.
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