Array::PrintCols, version 2.1, is a Perl 5 module which defines a subroutine to print arrays of elements in alphabetically, vertically sorted columns. Optional arguments can be given to control either the width or number of the columns, the total width of the output, and the amount of indentation. This release includes: a new routine, "format_cols", which returns the formatted result as a string (thanks to Gisle Aas for the suggestion); some slight changes to the test routine; some improvements to the documentation. The module has embedded POD text with which man or HTML pages can be created. For detailed usage information, you can do: pod2man PrintCols.pm | nroff -man The module is accompanied with Makefile.PL, this README, a test program, a reference test output file, and the GNU License, under which this software is freely available. To install the software: gunzip Array-PrintCols-2.1.tar.gz tar xvf Array-PrintCols-2.1.tar cd Array-PrintCols-2.1 perl Makefile.PL make make test && make install The archives are available at the nearest CPAN site, under the directory "modules/Array". Contributions or improvements are welcome. ___________________________________________________________________ Alan K. Stebbens http://reality.sgi.com/aks