AFAIK... you win some, and you lose some. I never knew of such a way, but using <<END and END really makes it look that ugly? what about \b after each tab?.... I don't know. Or how about a substitution after you assign the var? $var =~ s/^[\t\s]+//g;
> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Norris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 4:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Setting a Variable to String with \n? > > > Ok, > > But what if I'm doing an elsif and my code is indented such as: > elsif ($string == 1) { > $string = This is the text I want > But I also want this text on next line. > > Is there a way to ignore the white space before the "But I > also want this text on the next line?" Otherwise I would > have to do the following: > > elsif ($string == 1) { > $string = > This is the text I want. > But I also want this text on the next line. > > > This may be trivial, but I'm just trying to make my code look > some what neat. > > Thanks for the help. > > > --- Nikola Janceski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >try this: > >$string = "This is the text I want > >But I also want this text on the next line > >how can I write this code so that it looks > >nicer than this.\n"; > > > >who said quotes can't span multiple lines? > > > >or this: > >$string =<<END > >This is the text I want > >But I also want this text on the next line > >how can I write this code so that it looks > >nicer than this. > >END > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Michael Norris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 3:55 PM > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: Setting a Variable to String with \n? > >> > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> I want to set a variable to a string with the new line > >> character (\n) separating the text I want onto new lines. > >> > >> For example, > >> $string = "This is the text I want\nBut I also want this text > >> on the next line\nhow can I write this code so that it looks > >> nicer than this. > >> > >> How can I write that code without wrapping the text making my > >> script messy like it is above? > >> > >> Thank you > >> > >> _____________________________________________________________ > >> Surf on! Get a free and secure email account and more @ > surfOrbit.com > >> http://www.surfOrbit.com > >> > >> _____________________________________________________________ > >> Run a small business? Then you need professional email like > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] from Everyone.net http://www.everyone.net?tag > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------- > >-------------------- > >The views and opinions expressed in this email message are > the sender's > >own, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions > of Summit > >Systems Inc. > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _____________________________________________________________ > Surf on! Get a free and secure email account and more @ surfOrbit.com > http://www.surfOrbit.com > > _____________________________________________________________ > Run a small business? Then you need professional email like > [EMAIL PROTECTED] from Everyone.net http://www.everyone.net?tag > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- The views and opinions expressed in this email message are the sender's own, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Summit Systems Inc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
