format a field to a fixed width 1

[jcarrott]

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,

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?

 

[feherke]

Hi

[tt]printf()[/tt] / [tt]sprintf()[/tt] :

[blue]  DB<1>[/blue] printf '%10s', 'whatever'
  whatever

Feherke.

 

[jcarrott]

that works - thank you