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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting construct a string with X number of spaces Post 302431404 by honglus on Monday 21st of June 2010 08:20:42 PM
Old 06-21-2010
construct a string with X number of spaces

I'd like to create a variable with the value of X number of space( no Perl please), printf seems to work, but , in following example,10 spaces becomes 1 space when assinged to a variable, Why? other solutions are welcome.


Code:
 
$printf "=%10s=\n"
=          =
$var=$(printf "=%10s=\n")
echo $var
= =

 

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SYNOPSIS
array cubrid_fetch_array (resource $result, [int $type = CUBRID_BOTH]) DESCRIPTION
The cubrid_fetch_array(3) function is used to get a single row from the query result and returns an array. The cursor automatically moves to the next row after getting the result. PARAMETERS
o $result -$Result comes from a call to cubrid_execute(3) o $type -Array type of the fetched result CUBRID_NUM, CUBRID_ASSOC, CUBRID_BOTH. If you need to operate the lob object, you can use CUBRID_LOB. RETURN VALUES
Returns an array of strings that corresponds to the fetched row, when process is successful. FALSE, when there are no more rows; NULL, when process is unsuccessful. The type of returned array depends on how type is defined. By using CUBRID_BOTH (default), you'll get an array with both associative and number indices, and you can decide which data type to use by setting the $type argument. The $type variable can be set to one of the fol- lowing values: oCUBRID_NUM : Numerical array (0-based) oCUBRID_ASSOC : Associative array oCUBRID_BOTH : Numerical & Associative array (default) EXAMPLES
Example #1 cubrid_fetch_array(3) example <?php $conn = cubrid_connect("localhost", 33000, "demodb"); $req = cubrid_execute($conn, "SELECT name,area,seats,address FROM stadium WHERE nation_code='GRE' AND seats > 10000"); printf("%-40s %-10s %-6s %-20s ", "name", "area", "seats", "address"); while ($row = cubrid_fetch_array($req, CUBRID_NUM)) { printf("%-40s %-10s %-6s %-20s ", $row[0], $row[1], $row[2], $row[3]); } // if you want to operate LOB object, you can use cubrid_fetch_array($req, CUBRID_NUM | CUBRID_LOB) cubrid_close_request($req); cubrid_disconnect($conn); ?> The above example will output: name area seats address Panathinaiko Stadium 86300.00 50000 Athens, Greece Olympic Stadium 54700.00 13000 Athens, Greece Olympic Indoor Hall 34100.00 18800 Athens, Greece Olympic Hall 52400.00 21000 Athens, Greece Olympic Aquatic Centre 42500.00 11500 Athens, Greece Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre 64000.00 15000 Markopoulo, Athens, Greece Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex 34650.00 12171 Faliro, Athens, Greece Athens Olympic Stadium 120400.00 71030 Maroussi, Athens, Greece Ano Liossia 34000.00 12000 Ano Liosia, Athens, Greece SEE ALSO
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