this does not work; lines end up being of different length and the colours disappear. To simplify my task to the minimum, imagine, still inside a CGI script you have 2 strings: 
my $a: "ABCDEFGHI"
my $b: "<b>ABC</b>DEFGHI"

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I want to print this 2 strings with 4 characters per line and in the second string ABC has to be in bold; If I use my method, or your method, this is what I get: 
$a:
ABCD
EFGH
I
$b:
<b>A
BC</
b>DE
FGHI

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I want the bold tags ingored in the characters counts: So: 
$a:
ABCD
EFGH
I
$b:
<b>ABC</b>D
EFGH
I

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Also as I said, when I try your code it also does something with the coloured tags I used; Note: in this example I am using bold tag to make it shorter, in my scrip I am using a span class as shown. I hope it is more clear. I do not know in advance where the position it is: i need an universal solution which can print something with the same number of characters per line, basically ignoring the tags in the counts.

In reply to Re^2: Print N characters per line in Cgi Script with Html Tags by Diesel
in thread Print N characters per line in Cgi Script with Html Tags by Diesel

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