I use the sprintf function for table printing:

 
my $capion=sprintf "%-20s%30s%10s%10s%10s%10s%10s%10s%10s",
      'Var1', "Var2", "Var3", 'Var4', 'Var5', "Var6", 'Var7', 'Var8','
+Var9';

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I would also like to resize the table dynamically so that the spaces between collumns are not to large if this is not needed. Is it somehow possible to insert variables instead of numbers in the formating section of the sprintf function? Thank you for any help.

In reply to Dynamical formating with sprintf? by tamaguchi

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