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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Padding With White Space Between Variables Post 302292062 by sandeep_1105 on Thursday 26th of February 2009 08:05:18 PM
Old 02-26-2009
Padding With White Space Between Variables
Dear Users,

How do we pad with white space of particular length between two variables.

For Example:

Suppose i define the variables as follows:

a='toyota'
b='camry'
c='honda'
d='accord'
e=`echo "$a"'\n'"$b"`
f=`echo "$c"'\n'"$d"`

If i do an echo on variables e and f i get :

echo "$e" will give

toyota
camry

echo "$f" will give

honda
accord

I want to pad white space of length 30 between variables e and f so that i get the result as :

honda toyota
accord camry

I tried using the below but it is not working:

typeset -R20 e

if i give echo "$f""$e" it is giving the result as :

honda
accord toyota
camry

which is wrong. I want the final result as:

honda toyota
accord camry

honda accord and toyota camry should be separated by white space of length 30.


How can i do this in unix?

Thanks
Sandeep
 

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xcmssetwhitepoint

XcmsSetWhitePoint(3)						  XLIB FUNCTIONS					      XcmsSetWhitePoint(3)

NAME

       XcmsSetWhitePoint, XcmsSetWhiteAdjustProc - modifying CCC attributes

SYNTAX

       Status XcmsSetWhitePoint(XcmsCCC ccc, XcmsColor *color);

       XcmsWhiteAdjustProc XcmsSetWhiteAdjustProc(XcmsCCC ccc, XcmsWhiteAdjustProc white_adjust_proc, XPointer client_data);

ARGUMENTS

       ccc	 Specifies the CCC.

       client_data
		 Specifies client data for the white point adjustment procedure or NULL.

       color	 Specifies the new Client White Point.

       white_adjust_proc
		 Specifies the white point adjustment procedure.

DESCRIPTION

       The XcmsSetWhitePoint function changes the Client White Point in the specified CCC.  Note that the pixel member is ignored and that the
       color specification is left unchanged upon return.  The format for the new white point must be XcmsCIEXYZFormat, XcmsCIEuvYFormat, Xcm-
       sCIExyYFormat, or XcmsUndefinedFormat.  If the color argument is NULL, this function sets the format component of the Client White Point
       specification to XcmsUndefinedFormat, indicating that the Client White Point is assumed to be the same as the Screen White Point.

       This function returns nonzero status if the format for the new white point is valid; otherwise, it returns zero.

       The XcmsSetWhiteAdjustProc function first sets the white point adjustment procedure and client data in the specified CCC with the newly
       specified procedure and client data and then returns the old procedure.

SEE ALSO

       DisplayOfCCC(3), XcmsCCCOfColormap(3), XcmsConvertColors(3), XcmsCreateCCC(3), XcmsDefaultCCC(3)
       Xlib - C Language X Interface

X Version 11							   libX11 1.3.2 					      XcmsSetWhitePoint(3)
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