Hi all,
I'm trying to use colors in my application (perl 5.8.0 on Linux) and have some difficulties combining it with printf(). Example: # when I perform:
printf "\n\t%-25s| %-25s\n", 'Filename', 'Comment';
# I get on STDOUT
Filename Comment # please note the spacin
+g
# when I perform
printf "\n\t%-25s| %-25s\n", RED . 'Filename' . RESET, UNDERLINE . 'Co
+mment' . RESET; # the same spacing as above
# I get on STDOUT
Filename Comment # each underlined, but the spacing
+ is changed somehow
Why adding the underline constant messes with my spacing?
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