Re: Preserve trailing spaces with write format?

Instead of using formats, it may be easier to use sprintf.

# Print "Hi." left-justified padded out to 20 spaces.
print sprintf('%-20s', "Hi.");
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stephen

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Re: Re: Preserve trailing spaces with write format? by tachyon (Chancellor) on Apr 17, 2002 at 20:46 UTC
Or perhaps simply: `printf '%-20s', "Hi.";` [download] cheers tachyon s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Preserve trailing spaces with write format? by synistar (Pilgrim) on Oct 24, 2011 at 13:39 UTC
It looks like the write() function may be trimming the spaces. Look at the following node: write() removes trailing spaces	[reply]