A Procrustean Statement


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by Zaxo (Archbishop)

on Jun 16, 2006 at 01:52 UTC ( [id://555671]=CUFP: print w/replies, xml )

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Pad or truncate a string to a fixed length, $len, . . .

Padding is spaces; for ASCII NUL bytes use the 'a' or 'Z' format instead. 'Z' guarantees at least one NUL, for dealing with C strings.


$_ = pack 'A'.$len, $_;
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Re: A Procrustean Statement by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 16, 2006 at 05:01 UTC
The following will pad but not truncate: `$_ = sprintf '%-*s', $len, $_;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: A Procrustean Statement by YuckFoo (Abbot) on Jun 16, 2006 at 17:21 UTC
Pad and truncate: `$_ = sprintf '%-.s', $len, $len, $_;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]

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