diff --git a/example/linalg/example_sparse_from_ijv.f90 b/example/linalg/example_sparse_from_ijv.f90
index 628955361..473b85cbe 100644
--- a/example/linalg/example_sparse_from_ijv.f90
+++ b/example/linalg/example_sparse_from_ijv.f90
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ program example_sparse_from_ijv
     print *, 'ELL'
     print *, ' index        |         data'
     do i = 1, ELL%nrows
-        print '(3I4,x,3f8.1)', ELL%index(i,:) , ELL%data(i,:)
+        print '(3I4,1x,3f8.1)', ELL%index(i,:) , ELL%data(i,:)
     end do
   
-end program example_sparse_from_ijv
\ No newline at end of file
+end program example_sparse_from_ijv