Building a fmt line for printf with a carriage return

[Wagner, David --- Senior Programmer Analyst --- CFS]

        I thought I had done this before, but I guess not. I build a formt line 
for printf like:
                q[%-3s%-4s%5s%6s];
        But I want to insert a carriage return after say %-4s( I have a nubmer 
of fields and depending on the size, it is not a constant after column 2, but 
could be column 3 or 23.
        
        I have tried:
                q[%-3s%-4s] . qq[\\n] . q[%5s%6s]
        or
                q[%-3s%-4s\n%5s%6s]

        But no matter what I do, it does not generate the carriage return. 
Shows up in the line. I know I am missing some very basic point, but has 
escaped me.

        Here is the sample script I was playing with:
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

my $MyLine1 = q[%2d  %5s  %6s];
my $MyLine2 = q[%2d  %5s \n%6s];

printf "${MyLine1}\n",
                2,
                q[abc],
                q[def];
                
printf "$MyLine2\n",
                2,
                q[abc],
                q[def];
                
         Thanks.
 
Wags ;)
David R. Wagner
Senior Programmer Analyst
FedEx Freight Systems
1.719.484.2097 Tel
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