Want space instead of tab

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

I have an output that goes to an email but I want data to be seperated by spaces and not tabs. Any suggestions?? I tried the "\s" but that didnt work.

$multfields .= "$data\t";

.....

print MAIL <<"EOF";
....mail to and from stuff here....

$multfields
EOF
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Re: Want space instead of tab by Nitrox (Chaplain) on Nov 20, 2002 at 15:44 UTC
How about: `$multfields .= "$data ";` [download] -Nitrox UPDATE: I see you found your answer as I was typing. :-)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Want space instead of tab by UnderMine (Friar) on Nov 20, 2002 at 16:01 UTC
Do you need column alignment? How about using :- `$multfields .= sprintf('someformat', $data);` [download] Hope it helps UnderMine	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Want space instead of tab by Anonymous Monk on Nov 20, 2002 at 15:43 UTC
Sorry Perl Monks I dont want to waste your time on this. I just put in a space and it works. My mistake for not seeing this right away. `$multfields .= "$data ";` [download]	[reply] [d/l]