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in reply to Generating standard length strings

You want string multiplication a la:
sub standard_fill { my $string = $_[0]; my $length = $_[1]; my $orig_string_length = length($string); $string .= " " x ($length - $orig_string_length); return $string }
(code untested)

I'll leave the golfing to the PGA tour ;)
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