printing multiple lines in perl

[icrank]

I'm having difficulty using:

print <<MULTILINES;

  -----a bunch of stuff here (html)----

MULTILINES

sometimes it works great and sometimes I get an error saying
&quot;Can't find string terminator &quot;MULTILINES&quot; anywhere before EOF at xxxxx.cgi line 99.&quot; Has anyone had a similar experience?  Is there some hidden sensitivity to this printing technique?????
 

[Terra]

This method is called a 'Here Doc', and emulated from the various shells (Bash,Ash,Korn,etc)...

I've never had a problem with either flavor:

print <<HTML;
blah
blah
HTML

or

print <<'HTML';
blah
blah
HTML

Just make positive that the ending HTML has *no* spaces in front of it...  If it does, then the Here Doc mechanism won't find it...

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Terra
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[Stephen]

Probably won't work if there's a space at the end of the terminating line either

[icrank]

You hit the nail on the head!  I never would have figured out the space sensitivity on my own. THANKS