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 <gisle@aas.no>, based on "Data::Dumper" by Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@umich.edu>.

     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.