Bah, count? I thought that was why we had computers . . . 

perl -le 'print join ( "", map { " " x 9 . $_ } 1..8 ), "\n", "1234567
+890" x 8'

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Update: Fore (and putting it to use :) . . . 

         1         2         3         4         5         6         7
+         8
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
+1234567890
perl -le'print join("",map{" "x9 .$_}1..8),"\n","1234567890"x8'
ruby -e'puts (?1..?8).map{|x|" "*9<<x}.join+"\n"+"1234567890"*8'

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Season to taste if you want 0-based or a longer ruler.

The cake is a lie.
The cake is a lie.
The cake is a lie.

In reply to Re^2: How to find start position of each column by Fletch
in thread How to find start position of each column by Gangabass

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