formatting output

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Re: formatting output by davorg (Chancellor) on Apr 24, 2001 at 19:31 UTC
Do you mean somethnig like this? `perl -e "printf '%-20s%s', 'one', 'two'"` [download] -- <http://www.dave.org.uk> "Perl makes the fun jobs fun and the boring jobs bearable" - me	[reply] [d/l]
Re: formatting output by ar0n (Priest) on Apr 24, 2001 at 19:31 UTC
`print $var1, " " x (20 - length($var1)), $var2;` [download] Untested and there's probably a printf statement to do the same... [ ar0n ]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: formatting output by asiufy (Monk) on Apr 24, 2001 at 19:31 UTC
Check out the `format` function, very powerful... perldoc -f format	[reply] [d/l]
Re: formatting output by Anonymous Monk on Apr 24, 2001 at 20:41 UTC
print pack("A20 A@", $s1, $s2);	[reply]
Re: Re: formatting output by Anonymous Monk on Apr 24, 2001 at 21:01 UTC
oops! That should have been '' `print pack("A20 A", $s1, $s2);` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: formatting output by Clachair (Acolyte) on Apr 24, 2001 at 21:30 UTC
Slok: You could do better by using the ANSI codes to position your text anywhere on the screen. If you're running Windoze you'll need a file called ANSI.SYS Look up ANSI in CPAN - it's all there. Clachair	[reply]
Re: formatting output by husker (Chaplain) on Apr 24, 2001 at 23:01 UTC
What behavior do you want if the first variable value is > 19 characters? printf is probably what you want.	[reply]