Re: Formatting Output

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If you know ahead of time how wide each column is, use printf. If you want your columns to be auto-scaled for you, you can use a module like Text::Table.

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Re^2: Formatting Output by frozenwithjoy (Priest) on Oct 11, 2012 at 18:02 UTC
I was just about to suggest Text::Table, too. I love how you can have columns aligned by arbitrary characters (e.g., the decimal in a number). The only drawback is if you want to open your output in Excel or something, the columns don't get split as easily as if it were tab-delimited, etc.	[reply]
Re^3: Formatting Output by Anonymous Monk on Oct 12, 2012 at 00:32 UTC
If you're going to be using Excel, why do you care what the bare output looks like?	[reply]
Re^4: Formatting Output by frozenwithjoy (Priest) on Oct 12, 2012 at 01:05 UTC
There have been times when I've generated tables that I like to examine using `less`, but others might need to open in Excel for their own reasons.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Formatting Output by Anonymous Monk on Oct 12, 2012 at 01:39 UTC

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