Hi Rajeev, I guess you can use printf to print them into strings, and then replace the spaces with underscores.
Regards, Jing 2013/9/28 Rajeev Prasad <rp.ne...@yahoo.com> > hello, > > following is obtained by concatenating 3 values using an underscore to > produce a list: > > abc_12_4567 > xy4z_xtr4_sdf > PQRSDR_xcvf_scc234 > > i want them to look neat, something like this: where they look in line. I > do not know before hand how long each word would be.... > > abc____12____4567 > xy4z___xtr4__sdf > PQRSDR_xcvf__scc234 > > > how could i use the sprintf to obtain such an effect? > > ty. >