in reply to sprintf format and print inconsistencies whilst creating fixed width column

Maybe the "90" is causing problems. Can you decrease it? At least for debugging, try something like: 
$a = sprintf ("%-30s %-s\n", "the amount for Apple is ",34);
$b = sprintf ("%-30s %-s\n", "the amount for Lemons is", 7);

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Re^2: MIME::Lite formatting issues
by newbieperlperson (Acolyte) on Dec 19, 2013 at 19:27 UTC
    Thanks for responding, I already tried reducing the length to 7 and the formatting is still messed up.
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