#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w my $a = "Hugo"; my $a1 = "Hugo bla"; my $b = "Hugo Ernst"; my $b1 = "Hugo"; print _stringFormat($a, 30, " "); print _stringFormat($a1, 30, " "), "\n"; print _stringFormat($b, 30, " "); print _stringFormat($b1, 30, " "), "\n"; print "fertig :-)"; sub _stringFormat { # variable, länge, zeichen return $_[0] . $_[2] x ($_[1] - length($_[0])); }