----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Unix (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 9:59 AM
Subject: [Perl-unix-users] silly question...
> could someone tell me how to pad right to left with spaces in
a srintf
> function..
> ie. how to convert "001023" into "001023ssss" where s is a
space..
>
> tia Geoff
Try:
sprintf("%10s", $var)
ego
Edward G. Orton, GWN Consultants Inc.
Phone: 613-764-3186, Fax: 613-764-1721
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