Print output looks wierd

programmercarlito has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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I'm having trouble printing out my solution. It works fine but its not in the right columns. Would anybody know whats causing this problem. Thanks.

print"\nYear\t\tBalance\t\tInterest\t\tNew Balance\n\n";
$convertInterest = ($annualInterest/100);
$year = 2015;

while($startAge <= $endAge){
$InterestGained = $startAmount * $convertInterest;
$NewBalance = $InterestGained + $startAmount;

$Interestrounded = sprintf("%.2f", $InterestGained);
$NewBalancerounded = sprintf("%.2f", $NewBalance);
$StartAmountRounded = sprintf("%.2f", $startAmount);
print"$year"."\t\t"."$StartAmountRounded"."\t\t"."$Interestrounded"."\
+t\t"."$NewBalancerounded"."\n"; 
$startAmount = $NewBalance + $yearlyDeposit;
$year++;
$startAge++;


};#ends while loop
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Re: Print output looks wierd by hdb (Monsignor) on Mar 14, 2015 at 07:41 UTC
You already use sprintf for formatting. Why don't you develop a full line template for your report like this; `# header printf "%4s %20s %20s %20s\n\n", "Year", "Balance", "Interest", "New B +alance"; .... # report (in while) printf "%4d %20.2f %20.2f %20.2f\n", $year, $StartAmountRounded,$Inter +estrounded, $NewBalancerounded;` [download] Of course, the header can be done directly, using `printf` there is just for demonstration purposes. Also, if you would provide a little standalone running script, preferably with `use strict;` and `use warnings;` you would get more answers to your problem as it is far easier to run a script and look at its output than to read the code only.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Print output looks wierd by programmercarlito (Novice) on Mar 14, 2015 at 15:50 UTC
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.	[reply]
Re^3: Print output looks wierd by hdb (Monsignor) on Mar 14, 2015 at 16:30 UTC
There is more than one way to do it and as such there is not THE right direction either, just A right direction.	[reply]
Re: Print output looks wierd by pme (Monsignor) on Mar 14, 2015 at 06:32 UTC
hi programmercarlito '\t' jumps to the next tab. Tab positions are aligned to every 8 columns by default. perlform provides enhanced mechanism to generate reports.	[reply]