From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-04-22T04:54:09+09:00
Subject: Re: printf / indent


"Gennady" <gfb@tonesoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:4086BE43.1000606@tonesoft.com...
> 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

printf style is rather this:

irb(main):007:0> printf "%*d", 10, 5
         5=> nil
irb(main):008:0> printf "%*d", -10, 5
5         => nil

    robert