From: Gennady <gfb@...>
Date: 2004-04-22T03:31:55+09:00
Subject: Re: printf / indent

Its Me wrote:

> How can I control starting (left) indentation for printf? Pickaxe did not
> yield an answer. Or do I have to loop putting out spaces with
>   IO#putc " "?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
I would do

indent = 3
message = "Hello, world"
printf "%#{indent}s%s\n", "", message

or

indent = 3
message = "Hello, world"
printf "#{' '*indent}%s", message

Gennady.