From: "Michael W. Ryder" <_mwryder@...>
Date: 2008-12-06T10:03:58+09:00
Subject: Re: formatting print output

joemacbusiness@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> How do I format the output from print or puts
> so that columns are aligned:
> 
> So this:
> beagle-status  255
> bibtex  154312
> bioradtopgm  7844
> bison  242032
> blackjack  140792
> 
> 
> becomes this:
> 
> beagle-status  255
> bibtex            154312
> bioradtopgm   7844
> bison             242032
> blackjack       140792
> 

You mean something like:

irb(main):001:0> puts "beagle-status".ljust(20) + "255".rjust(10)
beagle-status              255
=> nil
irb(main):002:0> puts "bibtex".ljust(20) + "154312".rjust(10)
bibtex                  154312
=> nil


> You probably know what I mean.
> I could not find this in my Ruby book (Cooper)
> and a lot of the Ruby Websites cannot be accessed.
> 
> Thank you, --JM
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