Re: [report generation with format/write]

I have mentioned it in my classes, but it does not seem to be
something my students are interested in.

The man problem with the report feature is the lack of real 
control breaks in the manner of, say, RPG or the COBOL 
report module.  You can make this happen, you can do just
about anything in perl, but it is not the automatic thing
most people who are interested in a feature like this expect.

Will

[email protected] wrote:
> Does anyone actually teach report generation with format/write?  I
> haven't really seen anyone using it much in the last few years, but I've
> just had a corporate client ask us to teach "reports" in Perl.
> 
> It's not part of our standard introductory Perl course, and to be honest
> I'm dreading having to write it ... ick ick ick.
> 
> K.
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