Re: OT:perl variable question

Here's a quick-n-dirty padding function I've used in the past.

sub lpad {

   return($_[1] x ($_[2] - length($_[0])) . $_[0]); }

To pad a string with spaces to 10 characters, you'd invoke it like:

   $myvar = &lpad($myvar, " ", 10);

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:37:14 -0500, Michael McMullen <ganstadba_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm trying to get the length of a variable and if the variable isn't a
> certain length pad it to the specified length.
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks
> Mike
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