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From: merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Implemented! (was Re: dynamic formats)
Message-ID: <1990Feb7.180424.2566@iwarp.intel.com>
Date: 7 Feb 90 18:04:24 GMT
References: <5195@convex.convex.com>
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In-Reply-To: tchrist@convex.com (Tom Christiansen)

In article <5195@convex.convex.com>, tchrist@convex (Tom Christiansen) writes:
| I've been using formatted writes and I find that it's a real
| pain to be forced to associate one sole format() with a 
| given output channel.

Is there anything wrong with setting $~ and $^ (for format and
top-of-page) as you need them?  (Yup, helps to read the *whole*
manpage. :-)

Just another Perl hacker,
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