use strict; use warnings; my @vals = ( [ "hello there", 9, 7, 42, 3.14159 ], [ "another string", 12, 9, 123, 69.123 ], ); for my $r (@vals) { printf "%-20.20s %02d:%02d %5d %8.4f\n", $r->[0], $r->[1], $r->[2], $r->[3], $r->[4]; } #### hello there 09:07 42 3.1416 another string 12:09 123 69.1230