Formatted output in KSH

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi,

Is there some way to get formatted output in ksh? Something like a properly alligned tabular format. I tried adding '\t' to echo statements, but it doesn't come properly alligned

'hello'         A simple Hello
'helloworld'        A helloworld statement

I need the second coloumn to be displayed left aligned.
Links to some tutorials will be highly appreciated.

Thanks

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printf "%-20s%-20s\n" "Hello" "This is test"
printf "%-20s%-20s\n" "Hello" "Next test"

man printf