more ways to do it, more generic :) 
  DB<111> $p = '|----+----'

  DB<112> p map { $a=$p; substr $a,0,length($_),$_ ;$a} "", map {$b=$_
+%10; $b ? $b*10 :$_*10 } 1..22
|----+----10---+----20---+----30---+----40---+----50---+----60---+----
+70---+----80---+----90---+----100--+----10---+----20---+----30---+---
+-40---+----50---+----60---+----70---+----80---+----90---+----200--+--
+--10---+----20---+----

  DB<113> p map { $a=$p; substr $a,0,length($_),$_ ;$a} "",map $_*10, 
+map {1..9, $_*10} 1..2
|----+----10---+----20---+----30---+----40---+----50---+----60---+----
+70---+----80---+----90---+----100--+----10---+----20---+----30---+---
+-40---+----50---+----60---+----70---+----80---+----90---+----200--+--
+--

  DB<121> p map { $a=length; $p =~ s/.{$a}/$_/r} "", map {$b=$_%10; $b
+ ? $b*10 :$_*10 } 1..22
|----+----10---+----20---+----30---+----40---+----50---+----60---+----
+70---+----80---+----90---+----100--+----10---+----20---+----30---+---
+-40---+----50---+----60---+----70---+----80---+----90---+----200--+--
+--10---+----20---+----

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update

the initial pattern is buggy, replacing $p = '|---+----' would fix it.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice

In reply to Re: How to build a better mousetrap (or a variable to hold a column-measuring scale) by LanX
in thread How to build a better mousetrap (or a variable to hold a column-measuring scale) by roho

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