Include Header and Footer to Print From Perl?

[Al Franz]

Editing a script that has a "sub printheader" and "sub printfooter" routine
before and after it creates a web page with a message. I would like to
customize this script so that I can have my own header and footer. What is
the best way to do this?

1. Can you create a "sub" that references a separate file to print as a
header and footer?
2. Can you include the html code in the perl script without having to
include a "\" prior to every quote?

Thanks!

[Joe Smith]

Al Franz wrote:

2. Can you include the html code in the perl script without having to
include a "\" prior to every quote?

Yes. Look for "Quote-like Operators" in `perldoc perlop`. qq{} and
here-doc in particular.

http://perldoc.perl.org/perlop.html

[Al Franz]

Having Perl print the contents of another file containing the header and
footer information is not a possibility though? I need to put the HTML code
within the Perl script?

"Joe Smith" <jo*@inwap.com> wrote in message
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Al Franz wrote:

2. Can you include the html code in the perl script without having to
include a "\" prior to every quote?

Yes. Look for "Quote-like Operators" in `perldoc perlop`. qq{} and
here-doc in particular.

http://perldoc.perl.org/perlop.html

[Jürgen Exner]

Al Franz wrote:

Having Perl print the contents of another file containing the header
and footer information is not a possibility though? I need to put
the HTML code within the Perl script?

See
perldoc -f open

jue

[Joe Smith]

Al Franz wrote:

Having Perl print the contents of another file containing the header and
footer information is not a possibility though?

I never said that. I did not bother answering that part since the answer
is so obvious. Perl was created to create reports - reading in multiple
files, analyzing them, and printing the results.

2. Can you include the html code in the perl script without having to
include a "\" prior to every quote?

Yes. Look for "Quote-like Operators" in `perldoc perlop`. qq{} and
here-doc in particular.

http://perldoc.perl.org/perlop.html

Question: Have you ever used the "here-doc" feature? It is very
useful, and I recommend you try it.

-Joe