Question on characterposition on a line

[Huub]

Hi,

I've been looking on CPAN for a way to determine the position of a
character on a line, but I can't find it. My goal is to print
address-labels with 3 labels horizontally. I haven't found a module
providing functions like this.

Thanks for hints and/or directions,

Huub

 

[anno4000]

Hi,

I've been looking on CPAN for a way to determine the position of a
character on a line, but I can't find it.

What does it mean to "determine the character position"? Query
where a certain character will go? Make sure a character goes
into a certain position? Position as in line/column? In pixels?
Characters? Printer points? Inches? Something else entirely?

My goal is to print
address-labels with 3 labels horizontally.

Labels with three labels? Should that be "lines"? If so, why do you
need to determine character positions (in whatever sense) for that?

I haven't found a module
providing functions like this.

As far as I am concerned, you have entirely failed to make clear what
functions you are looking for.

Anno

 

[khadhar]

Hi,

I've been looking on CPAN for a way to determine the position of a
character on a line, but I can't find it. My goal is to print
address-labels with 3 labels horizontally. I haven't found a module
providing functions like this.

Thanks for hints and/or directions,

Huub

Hi Hubb,

Perl has three functions index(), rindex(), and substr().
I guess you can use any of these.

you can take the line into a variable aas a string and process.

Hope this helps.

Thaufeeq.

 

[Tad McClellan]

I've been looking on CPAN for a way to determine the position of a
character on a line, but I can't find it.

perldoc -f index

My goal is to print
address-labels with 3 labels horizontally.

perldoc -f printf

 

[Huub]

Hi Hubb,

Perl has three functions index(), rindex(), and substr().
I guess you can use any of these.

you can take the line into a variable aas a string and process.

Hope this helps.

Thaufeeq.

Thank you.

 

[axel]

What does it mean to "determine the character position"? Query
where a certain character will go? Make sure a character goes
into a certain position? Position as in line/column? In pixels?
Characters? Printer points? Inches? Something else entirely?

Labels with three labels? Should that be "lines"? If so, why do you
need to determine character positions (in whatever sense) for that?

I think the OP means print labels onto paper which comes with rows of
three sticky labels.

It might well be worth looking at using formats for this sort of job,
since that also allows good vertical control. See:

perldoc perlform

Axel