Proper number alignment

[Daniel Fackrell]

I would avoid tabs altogether and figure out how many spaces I needed to get
there (tab stops can be set differently for every terminal).  Basically,
subtract the total length of the two strings from the total width you want
to fill, and use (' '*numberOfSpaces) as your filler.

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Daniel Fackrell (dfackrell at linuxmail.org)
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"mdk" <mdk at mdk.com> wrote in message
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> I am using \t\t (tabs) to align these numbers (disregard the math):
>
> Total RAM                2,141,056
> Available RAM            12,934,032
> Used RAM                 1,024
>
> But they are left justified and I need them right justified.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.