On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 02:39:04PM +0100, Murphy, Ged (Bolton) wrote: > >> I'm trying to print a block of code using 'print <<LABEL; but am > >> getting an error stating perl can't find the termination label. > >> Test code and error as follows: > >> > >> #!/usr/bin/perl > >> > >> print <<TEST; > >> this is my tester text > >> TEST > >> > >> Can't find string terminator "TEST" anywhere before EOF at photo.pl > >> line 3. > >> > >> Anyone got any ideas as to why it's doing this? > > > >The here-document syntax is described in "perldoc perlop", and the > >author of that part of the Perl docs had a couple of ideas. > > I've been through the here-documentation in the perlop doc and it appears my > syntax is correct. > Does anyone have any ideas as to why I am getting this error?
Do you have a newline on line 3? > Is it possible this is an interpreter error? > I'm running activestate's perl, v5.8.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread But no carriage return or other white space? -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
