Item                 Qty      Price        Total
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Notebook              12      45.50       546.00
Pen (box of 10)        3     120.00       360.00
Stapler                1     350.00       350.00
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Grand total                             1,256.00

== the same table with printf: it prints, it does not return a String ==
Notebook          |   12|

== truncation: %.Ns cuts, width pads ==
[Pen (b    ] [    Pen (b]