NAME Data::Dump - Pretty printing of data structures SYNOPSIS use Data::Dump qw(dump ddx); $str = dump(@list); @copy_of_list = eval $str; # or use it for easy debug printout ddx localtime; DESCRIPTION This module provide functions that takes a list of values as their argument and produces a string as its result. The string contains Perl code that, when "eval"ed, produces a deep copy of the original arguments. The main feature of the module is that it strives to produce output that is easy to read. Example: @a = (1, [2, 3], {4 => 5}); dump(@a); Produces: (1, [2, 3], { 4 => 5 }) If you dump just a little data, it is output on a single line. If you dump data that is more complex or there is a lot of it, line breaks are automatically added to keep it easy to read. AUTHORS The "Data::Dump" module is written by Gisle Aas , based on "Data::Dumper" by Gurusamy Sarathy . Copyright 1998-2010 Gisle Aas. Copyright 1996-1998 Gurusamy Sarathy. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.