15.18 Formats
Formats are defined as follows:
format [ name ] = formlist . formlist pictures the lines, and contains the arguments that will give values to the fields in the lines. name defaults to STDOUT if omitted. Picture fields are:
Use ^ instead of @ for multiline block filling. Use ~ at the beginning of a line to suppress unwanted empty lines. Use ~~ at the beginning of a line to have this format line repeated until all fields are exhausted. Set $- to zero to force a page break on the next write. See also $^, $~, $^A, $^F, $-, and $= in Special Variables. |
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