Re: How do I replace \t and regarding to the alignment requirement ?


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Re: How do I replace \t and regarding to the alignment requirement ?

by BrowserUk (Patriarch)

on Apr 19, 2012 at 14:06 UTC ( [id://965969]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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$s = "The\tquick\tbrown\tfox\tjumps\tover\tthe\tlazy\tdog";;

print $s;;
The     quick   brown   fox     jumps   over    the     lazy    dog

($t=$s); 
1 while $t =~ s[(\t)]{ '.' x ( 8 - ( $-[0] % 8 ) ) }e; 
print $t;;
The.....quick...brown...fox.....jumps...over....the.....lazy....dog
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