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11.19.2007 at 05:07AM PST, ID: 22969944
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PRINTF Syntax for centering a string

Asked by cs76737 in Perl Programming Language

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I am using PRINTF to format some output.  I know it is possible to justify left and right:

printf '%9s',   "test";   # prints "     test"
printf '%-6s',  "test";   # prints "test     "

My question:  how can I center the string?    i.e. "   test   "

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1 Printf
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3 printf
4 right. left and center justify in C langu…
5 newbie ?: printf in c++
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[+][-]11.19.2007 at 06:59AM PST, ID: 20312773

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