NAME

String::FillCharTemplate - Fill placeholders in a template with characters from a string

VERSION

This document describes version 0.001 of String::FillCharTemplate (from Perl distribution String-FillCharTemplate), released on 2026-01-20.

SYNOPSIS

use String::FillCharTemplate qw/fill_char_template/;

my $res;
$res = fill_char_template("###-###-###", "1234567890"); # => "123-456-789"
$res = fill_char_template("###-###-###", "aaabbbc"); # => "aaa-bbb-c  "

FUNCTIONS

fill_char_template

Usage:

my $result = fill_char_template($template, $str);

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/String-FillCharTemplate.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-String-FillCharTemplate.

SEE ALSO

perl format

perlform.

Perl format has a "fill mode" to let you fill multiple fields from a single scalar. It is more flexible but also has additional syntax. Example:

format STDOUT =
^<<-^<<-^<<
$s, $s, $s
.

$s = "1234567890";
write;

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTING

To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub.

Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via:

% prove -l

If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2026 by perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=String-FillCharTemplate

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

cpanm String::FillCharTemplate

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install String::FillCharTemplate