Offer Kaye wrote: > Hi, > Can anyone tell me if it is possible to define 2 different formats for > the same filehandle? >
Yes. Use the select command to select the filehandle of the file. Then use the special variables $~ and $^ to change the format. The format name can be anything you want but if it's the same a a filehandle, it will be automatically assigned to that file handle. See: perldoc -f format perldoc -f select perldoc perlform perldoc perlvar (and search for "$~") -- __END__ Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, --- Shawn "For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them." Aristotle * Perl tutorials at http://perlmonks.org/?node=Tutorials * A searchable perldoc is at http://perldoc.perl.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
