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Re: [MacPerl] Problem with report formats



>MacPerl does not seem to accept the STDOUT report format in the following
>code when I syntax-check it.
[...]
>format STDOUT=
>@>>>> @|||||| @<<<<<<<<< @<<<<<<<<<<<<< $@####.##
>^<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>$count,$number,$type,$name,$price,$desc
>~
>^<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>$desc
>~<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>$desc

You're missing a terminating period "." in your format declaration. Put a
single period on a line by itself, and put a newline after it, after the
last "$desc". i.e.:

$count,$number,$type,$name,$price,$desc
~
^<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
$desc
~<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
$desc