Two floated columns - one fixed, one loose width

Question

I\'ve looked around SO, but I cannot find one that matches my occurrence, I basically have two columns one fixed width (185px) and the other column has no fixed wid

Answer 1

If you don't want to use neither floats nor absolute positioning, the easiest I could come up with was

  
    
    
  
  
    

      left
    
    

      right