On Mon, 2006-10-04 at 08:12 -0500, Mike Blezien wrote: > Hello, > > we're working on generating customer invoices using a text file as a > template, > then inserting the various invoice data(see below - Current View & Desired > View). I've been trying to come up with a solution to maintain the dollar > amounts column inline with each other, but as each line is slightly different > in > lenght, it's hard to maintain the amount columns inline with each other. > We've > tried variations format controls within the template, but when we insert the > data into the template dynamically, the format isn't maintained. Is there a > workable solution of doing this ?
Yes. The easiest way is to use formats. See `perldoc perlform` for details. You could also use printf (see `perldoc -f sprintf` and `perldoc -f printf`) and Text::Wrap (see `perldoc Text::Wrap`). -- __END__ Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, --- Shawn "For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them." Aristotle * Perl tutorials at http://perlmonks.org/?node=Tutorials * A searchable perldoc is at http://perldoc.perl.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
