my $pi = 3.14159;
printf "%11s %3d %5.1f\n", "Hello there", 123, $pi;  # this works fine!

$newarray="%11s %3d %5.1f\nHello there";
$newarray.=" 123 $pi";

printf $newarray;  # this doesn't work :-( as the printf above, any ideas?