sprintf problem

From: Billy N. Patton (b-patton_at_ti.com)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:17:36 -0500

My code:
$lcname = 15;
print sprintf("| %-m.ns |\n",$lcname,4,'CELL');
print sprintf("| %m.ns |\n",$lcname,4,'CELL');
print sprintf("| %mns |\n",$lcname,4,'CELL');
print sprintf("| %s |\n",'CELL');

The results:
| %-m.ns |
| %m.ns |
| %mns |
| CELL |

I need the 'CELL' left justified, padded with spaces and using $lcname
space.

The camel book Pg 223 parag 1
The various combinations are fully documented in the manpage for
printf(3), but we'll mention that m is typically the minimum length of a
field (negative for left justified), and n is precision for exponential
formats and the maximum length for other formats. Padding is typically
done with spaces for strings ... 

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