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.

In reply to Re: Mis-aligned Data Output by eyepopslikeamosquito
in thread Mis-aligned Data Output by rgwest61

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