DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE question

How do you get this function to insert leading spaces?

DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(' '|| var1)

gives no leading spaces

?????

also,,,

how could you do a carriage return with this function

        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('') < ---- doesn't seen to work

thank you Received on Tue Jun 06 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT