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I have an input of the following format: 09:08:11 XXXXXXXXXXXXX 1.1.1.1 09:09:03 YYYYYYYY 2.2.2.2 09:12:37 ZZZZ 3.3.3.3 I am able to extract these individuals fields easily using the regex /(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+/ . I named them $time , $name , and $number . My problem is I want to display this so that the $number aligns perfectly. Because the $name can be of any length, what is the best solution for this? I would like for the output to look like this. Please note that I had to use dots to align the last field since I wasn't able use the spacebar to do this, not sure why. Anyhoo. 09:08:11 XXXXXXXXXXXXX 1.1.1.1 09:09:03 YYYYYYYY 2.2.2.2 09:12:37 ZZZZ 3.3.3.3 I thought about putting the $name into an array. And then use a function to find the one with the longest character count. Finally I would pad out the shorter name to match the longest name. Is there a better and more efficient way to do this?
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