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in reply to Format, empty vars, and fixed-width records

When I change the line
) = 'A' .. 'P';
to
) = 'A' .. 'W';
it seems to work for me as you are seeking.

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Re^2: Format, empty vars, and fixed-width records
by kwaping (Priest) on Apr 21, 2008 at 23:03 UTC
    Unfortunately, I can't change the data to make the line print out to character 129. I have to have nothing but pad characters (spaces) from the last real data out to the end of the record.

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    It's all fine and dandy until someone has to look at the code.
      Sorry, that is evident after a more careful reading of the original post.