in reply to Reaped: print format
printf("%-10s %-10s %s\n", $name, $dob, $age); [download]
printf("%-${max_name_length}s %-10s %s\n", $name, $dob, $age); [download]
printf("%-*s %-10s %s\n", $max_name_length, $name, $dob, $age); [download]