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format FORMATNAME =
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fieldline (called picture line in Perl Manual)
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value1, value2, value3 ...
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fieldline
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value1, value2, value3 ...
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etc
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The terminal dot as first character of line terminates format definition
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FORMATNAME is label of this format and in simplest case one uses a format label which is identical to that of FILEHANDLE on which we wish to output
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fieldlines specify fixed text as well as places and formats to print data which are listed as Perl variable names on following valueline. Clearly white space is significant in fieldline but not associated value line.
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