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format a field to a fixed width 1

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jcarrott

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May 28, 2009
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I am adding a field to a record and the field has to be of a fixed width. I do this in Crystal Reports by using,
Code:
right(space (10) & ($vDes), 10)
That code adds ten spaces to the left of the variable, then fills the field from the right, so all extra spaces are dropped.
Is there a way to do the same thing in Perl?
 
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