Trailing Spaces -- Format Perl

From: KVN Chary (kvnchary_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: 29 Sep 2004 13:13:15 -0700

Hello,

my $var1 = "temp";
my $var2 = "123";
my $space = " ";

format STDOUT =
@<<<<<<<<< @<<< @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
$var1,$var2,$space
.

I need to put 26 spaces at the end of line. But this code doesn't work?
How can I do this using FORMAT Perl Command?

Thanks
KVN