awk formatting 1

[Mag0007]

Is it possible to get a stricter awk format with printf?

I am having problems if my %s is very large, and it messes up my whole line.

for example I have something like this.

printf("%s\t\t\t%s*%s"megabytes"\t\t\t\t%d \n",$3,$27,$12,$27*$12)

TIA!

 

[PHV]

To lilit to 70 chars: %-70.70s

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[Mag0007]

thanks for the reply PHV.

I guess i am looking more for a spredsheet type solution on my cells.

I am trying to build a table, but values are keep getting mangles because some fields are large and some are small. I need consistency

 

[PHV]

The %-X.Xs format force the width to exactly X characters.

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[Mag0007]

PHV:

Hmm I am trying it...
I was playing with that, and now I think I think what the issue is.

printf("%.11s \t\t\t\t\t %.4s * %.4s \t\t\t\t %8.0f \n",$3,$27,$12,$27*$12)

The $3 variable max size gets to be 11, so I capped it off at 11, but I can't seem to control $27, $12 and $27*$12 to be in the same place...

 

[PHV]

And this ?
printf("%-11.11s \t\t\t\t\t %-4.4s * %-4.4s \t\t\t\t %8.0f \n",$3,$27,$12,$27*$12)

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[Mag0007]

PHV:
Star deserved!