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How to use format function in perl.Please provide the example?

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format

function in perl script.I was trying one example but giving so much error

Code:

 
1 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
      2
      3 format EMPLOYEE =
      4    ===================================
      5    @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< @<<
      6    $name $age
      7    @#####.##
      8    $salary
      9    ===================================
     10    .
     11
     12 write EMPLOYEE; #send to the output
     13 select(STDOUT);
     14 $~ = "EMPLOYEE";
     15

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Here are dozens of examples:

perlform - perldoc.perl.org

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