I would not recommend using "Perl Format" for this. I think printf/sprintf is the way to go. To get you started, here is some simple example code:

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];
}
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Running this program produces:

hello there          09:07    42   3.1416
another string       12:09   123  69.1230
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Please post the sprintf code you tried, explaining why it did not work and we should be able to help you.

I was able to get the data display alignment problem resolved by implementing sprintf's zero padding on the left hand side of floating point displayed data such as %010.4f thereby forcing a consistent number of digits. Thanks for your time, recommendation and help.

In addition to what eyepopslikeamosquito already said and using the data presented, though the OP didn't show any. One can also look at these modules:

• Perl6::Form

  use Perl6::Form;
  
  my @vals = (
      [ "hello there",    9,  7, 42,  3.14159 ],
      [ "another string", 12, 9, 123, 69.123 ],
  );
  
  print form "Words      |Value1 |Value2 |Value3  |Value4";
  
  for my $r (@vals) {
      print form
        "{<<<<<<<<} |{||||} |{||||} |{|||||} |{]]]]]} ",
        $r->[0], $r->[1], $r->[2], $r->[3], $r->[4];
  }
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• Text::Table

      use Text::Table;
  
      my $tb =
        Text::Table->new( "Words", "Value1", "Value2", "Value3", "Value4
  +" );
  
      $tb->load(@vals);
  
      print $tb;
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You might have to look at the documentation of these modules.