for (@elements) {
   print "$_\t\t\tTEST\n";
}

for (@elements) {
    printf("%s\t\tTEST\n", $_);

}

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

my @elements = qw( Dies ist ein langer Test langeswort );

my $length = _find_longest(@elements);
for my $elem ( @elements ){
    print sprintf "%-*s  Test\n", $length, $elem;
}

sub _find_longest{
    my $max = 0;
    for my $e ( @_ ){
        my $l = length $e;
        $max = $l if $l > $max;
    }
    return $max;
}