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Could you please tell the meaning of Below mentioned perl script lines:

Code:

format OWNER_TOTAL =
@< Owner Code @<<<<<<total:    @#######.## @#######.## @#######.## @#######.## @#######.## @#######.## @#######.## @#######.## @#######.## @#######.## @######
#.##
$prev_cust_type, $prev_owner_code, $ototal_open_amt,$otot_defer_amt,$otot_unbilled_amt,$otot_terms_amt,$otot_curr_stmt,$otot_eight_days,$otot_fifteen_days,$ot
ot_twenty_two_days,$otot_twenty_nine_days,$otot_fifty_seven_days,$otot_eighty_four_days;

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Each of the @ is the formatting for the variables with the $
The first couple are text, and then all the rest provide a standard layout for the numeric representations of number values. The numbers all seem to be in format of 1234567.89 as in one million two-hundred thirty-four thousand five hundred and sixty-seven point eighty-nine.