SYNOPSIS

# e.g. number: 41
format(number,"%-10.10d") # number => "0000000041"
# e.g. numbers:
# - 41
# - 15
format(number,"%-10.10d %-5.5d") # numbers => "0000000041 00015"
# e.g. hash:
# name: Albert
format(name,"%-10s: %s") # hash: "name : Albert"
# e.g. array:
# - 1
format(array,"%d %d %d") # Fails! The array contains only one value, but you request 3 values
# Test first if the array contains 3 values
if exists(array.2)
format(array,"%d %d %d")
end

DESCRIPTION

Create a string formatted by the usual printf conventions of the C library function sprintf. See <http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/sprintf.html> for a complete description.