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in thread (golf)String Concats or: playing with substr()

I suspect that Masem meant to use "%s" rather than "%f": sprintf "%${length}s", $string;

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Re4: (golf)String Concats or: playing with substr()
by Albannach (Monsignor) on May 18, 2001 at 23:42 UTC
    Or rather:

    sprintf "%${length}.${length}s", $string;

    as it is the number following the dot that gives the maximum field width when using the s. You could also left-justify by throwing a - in after the % if you like.

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      Thanks for the description!
      sprintf "%-$args{length}.$args{length}s", ${$args{string}};

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      Worked just fine for my application. Now, I'm off to bigger and better things. It is Monday after all.

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