Thanks. Was right there in the manual... -Sam
--- "Moon, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Subject: 'format' puzzle
>
> How can I create a perl 'format' string that begins with a comment (#)?
>
> Eg.
>
> format STDOUT_TOP =
> # Field1 Field2
> @<< @||| @|||
> .
>
>
> If I try '\#' then I see the backslash. I just want the pound char.
>
> TIA,
> -Sam
>
>
> I'm not sure where you want the "#" ... but
>
> DEV,SUN2>more foo2
> #! /usr/bin/perl
> format STDOUT_TOP =
> @ fld1 fld2
> "#"
> .
> format STDOUT =
> @<< @||| @|||
> $a,$b,$c
> .
> $a = 1;
> $b = 2;
> $c = 3;
> write;
> DEV,SUN2>./foo2
> # fld1 fld2
> 1 2 3
> DEV,SUN2>
>
> --
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
>
>
>
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
