pmkenned
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Jan 3, 2012, 5:17 AM
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Hi,
I have a very simple file:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use format;
my $foo = 2;
format LIST =
@<<<<
$foo
.
open(FILE, ">foo.txt");
$~ = 'LIST';
print FILE "hello?";
write FILE;
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For whatever, reason I am getting the following error message:
Undefined format "FILE" called at ./test.pl line 16.
I am using Perl version 5.005_03 built for x85_64-linux.
I also get this error when running version 5.10.1 built for i686-cygwin-thread-multi-64int.
The odd thing is that it prints to the file using "print" just fine, but it cannot perform the "write". So, I know the problem is not with the file.
When I change the FILE to STDOUT, it prints to the screen successfully, so I know the problem is not with the format.
It seems to be only when I attempt to write a format to a file that there is a problem.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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