Bill Jastram wrote:

> We're getting closer. But lets say the first name of the first
> field in the first row is 'Bill'. And the first name of the
> first field in the second row is 'Lanette'. This command will
> not compensate for the difference in the length of the two
> first names. So, the alignment of the second fields in each
> row will not be correct. And so on ...
>
> Does this help you understand where I'm headed?

Hi Bill.

What James wrote still applies I think. See the code below,
which does what I think you want?

HTH,

Rob


foreach ('Bill Jastram', 'Lanette Smith') {
  printf "%-20s %-20s\n", split;
}

**OUTPUT

Bill                 Jastram
Lanette              Smith



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