How about this: print $char x $number_of_chars . "\n" for 1..$number_of_lines;
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karl-Heinz Kuth Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 4:30 PM To: perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com Subject: Problem with print function Hi, I've got the following problem: use strict; use warnings; my $char = "-"; my $number_of_lines = 3; my $number_of_chars = 20; print "This is the output I want: \n"; my $line = $char x $number_of_chars . "\n"; print $line x $number_of_lines, "\n"; # I do not want to use the var $line. So how to write # it in one statement? # My try isn't correct. print "The output with 1 statement: \n"; print $char x $number_of_chars . "\n" x $number_of_lines, "\n"; Regards Karl-Heinz _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
