Here is an earlier reply I did using format with aligned columns using sprintf: https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=11136290

sample output from that thread:
Package Coverage + Line Method Branch ------------------------------------------------------------------ +------------------------------------------------------- | com.gandu.base.alltests | 90% +| 91% (20/22) | 50% (1/2) | 0% (0/0) | | com.gandu.base.commons | 47% +| 43% (579/1336) | 34% (73/213) | 41% (111/270) | | com.gandu.base.commons.status | 27% +| 27% (103/388) | 46% (25/54) | 8% (5/60) | | com.gandu.base.commons.test | 94% +| 84% (62/74) | 85% (11/13) | 100% (6/6) | | com.gandu.base.commons.validchecker | 90% +| 90% (9/10) | 50% (1/2) | 0% (0/0) | | com.gandu.base.commons.validchecker.arghandler | 12% +| 8% (115/1404) | 8% (8/99) | 0% (0/350) | | com.gandu.base.commons.validchecker.centralarea | 26% +| 37% (111/297) | 65% (17/26) | 56% (47/84) | | com.gandu.base.commons.validchecker.testtag | 85% +| 82% (613/748) | 82% (93/114) | 53% (90/170) | | com.gandu.base.consoleindependentcommons | 91% +| 91% (79/87) | 82% (14/17) | 90% (18/20) | ------------------------------------------------------------------ +-------------------------------------------------------
Fun stuff!

In reply to Re^4: Help with Creating a Table from array ref I parsed in by dbuckhal
in thread Help with Creating a Table from array ref I parsed in by perlynewby

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