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my $var1, $var2, $var3, $var4, $var5; #hopefully you'll be using some +meaningful names instead ... $outputline = sprintf $format, $var1, $var2, $var3, $var4, $var5;
my $format = "%5s%5s%5s%5s%5s"."%5s%5s%5s%5s%5s"."%5s%5s%5s%5s%5s". ... my $otherformat" = "%5s"x40;