Re: [PHP] grief with printf(), padding and alignment of text

- Original Message - From: "Robert E. Harvey, M.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "php" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 6:21 PM Subject: [PHP] grief with printf(), padding and alignment of text > I'm running PHP 4.2.2 and I'm ha

[PHP] grief with printf(), padding and alignment of text

I'm running PHP 4.2.2 and I'm having trouble with the printf() function. I want to be able to print data in space padded fields with the alpha strings left justified and the numeric strings right justified. For some reason I can't get printf() to pad with spaces. It pads with " "-s and righ