On Dec 7, 11:26 ¨Βν¬ ΚοΛιΌφιασθι®®®ΐθαξναιμ®ξετχςοτεΊ > Hi, > > I am newbie in Ruby. I have a question about indenting string. > > there is strings like below: > > www.google.com=> 123.123.123.12www.ibm.com=> 123.112.123.12www.iowahawkeyes=> 123.123.112.12 > > i want to make above like next > > www.google.com=> 123.123.123.12www.ibm.com> 123.112.123.12www.iowahawkeyes=> 123.123.112.12 > > original code was > > puts (dns + " => " + ip) > > I tried next code > > puts (dns + " *(20 - dns.length) + " = > " + ip) > > but it did not work well. please teach me how to do it. "%-30s %s" % [dns, ip]