See the doco for sprintf for the details: http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/sprintf.html
You'll want to do: printf "%-*s %10.2f\n", $W, $item, $price; From: perl-win32-users-boun...@listserv.activestate.com [mailto:perl-win32-users-boun...@listserv.activestate.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Burgaud Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 8:51 AM To: Perl-Win32-Users Subject: Need help with printf/sprintf Hi I have a problem with printf/sprintf Basically I have this code: printf "%-50s %10.2f\n", $item, $price; This code prints a line that is 61 chars long with the Item's name on the Left and Price on the right. However, I want to make it variable width based on either screen width, or user input: ie, printf "%-$Ws %10.2f\n", $item, $price; Obviously, this does not work. How do I code it to work like i want it? Dan
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