Look at the sprintf function. Please! > # while ( $data ) = $sth->fetchrow()) { > $l = length( $Site ); > if( $l != 5 ) { > $s = substr( " ", 0, 5 - $l ); > $Site .= $s; > }
Does this do what you want? $Site = sprintf '%-5s', $Site; One liner: C:\>perl -e"$Site = q(Foo); $Site = sprintf q(%-5s), $Site; print qq('$Site'\n)" 'Foo ' Luke -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]