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From: rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Newlines in prints
Message-ID: <123450@uunet.UU.NET>
Date: 20 Feb 91 20:03:28 GMT
References: <1991Feb20.155958.8027@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU>
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In <1991Feb20.155958.8027@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU> worley@compass.com writes:

>What I want is a quick-n-easy punctuation
>mark that can be inserted at the end (and preferably anywhere) in the
>list argument of "print" that means "insert an element into the list
>here which is a string containing a newline".

Dale, you are too smart to seriously consider garbage like this.

Take your own advice and define a variable if you need to.

Perl has take the position that newlines are neither created nor destroyed.

Only the programmer or user can make them appear or disappear.

We like it that way.
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