Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and Liger-dc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> whispered:
| I have a formatting question:
| I have 2 arrays with integers that I want to print, with one array above the
> other so that the
| matching entries end up in the same column. Currently they look like..
|
| 116 44 45 49 71
| 1 1 3 5 1
|
| and I want them to look like
|
| 116 44 45 49 71
| 1 1 3 5 1
|
| The problem with using write & format STDOUT is that the number of elements i
> n each array chanes
| every time the program is run.
How about using printf and building the format dynamically:
@a = qw/116 44 45 49 71/;
@b = qw/1 1 3 5 1/;
printf "%3d" x @a, @a;
print "\n";
printf "%3d" x @b, @b;
print "\n";
-spp
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