From: Eric Schwartz <emschwar@...>
Date: 2003-12-04T10:22:06+09:00
Subject: Re: _VERY_ basic Here Doc Question

"dhtapp" <dhtapp@cox.net> writes:
>  if x.index( "jpclient=yes" )
>   session.print( <<-"JAVA_CLIENT_RAW_XML"

<snip>

>   JAVA_CLIENT_RAW_XML )
>   next
>  end
>  { &etc. }
>
> ...but the here doc doesn't parse.  Can someone please take two nanoseconds
> to point out the obvious?

Gladly.  It should be:

session.print( <<-"BLAH" )
    ...
    stuff
    ...
    BLAH

My rule of thumb with here-docs is to think of it like the '<<DELIM'
part is wholly replaced by everything starting on the next line until
DELIM.  So you should close parens, add semicolons, whatever, after
the '<<DELIM' and THEN start the here-doc contents.

-=Eric
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