I did not see this kind of task done anywhere and was wondering how I could export data in a .prn
file format in RoR.
The idea would be to have:
- field 1 -> length: 6 chars -> content: "blah"
- field 2 -> length: 8 chars -> content: "foo"
- field 3 -> length: 4 chars -> content: "bar"
and convert it to a line which would be like:
"blah foo bar " -> total 18 chars
I need this because the ERP I'm using only accept fixed width data field.
While both your answers are good, I also found the ruby function ljust():
I then have:
Hope it helps anyone needing the same thing...
Thanks for the help guys