Re: printf question

[almut]

Sure. Something like this

printf "%-33s %d\n", $word, $seen{$word};

The 33 sets the width of the field, and the minus sign left-aligns the content in it.

[RMGir]

almut's right.

You can get a slight improvement by keeping track of your longest word as you count them, though, and then using printf's "*" modifier to read the field width from that variable.

printf "%-*s %d\n", $maxLen, $word, $seen{$word};

I'd put a width specifier on the %d so the numbers line up nicely as well, but that's just my preference:

printf "%-*s %4d\n", $maxLen, $word, $seen{$word};

[peokai]

Thank you good Sir!