FAQ and google for padding in comp.lang.perl.misc. we once had a thread on how many different and eventually horrible ways we could find to pad strings.
yours is one of the slow ones but not nearly interestingly bad enough. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- http://www.stemsystems.com --Perl Consulting, Stem Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org
