Formatting texts with lines

I'm having a heck of a time getting a text frame to line up well. I have numerous rows that start with a number. I then have a line after it.
i.e.
1.________________________
2.________________________
2.a. _____________________
If I do right align the left is all messed up. If I do left align, the lines don't go to the end and then they don't look good. what can I do? there has to be a way to make it look clean, I see it all the time.

Combination of:
Indents
Tab stops or Right Aligned Tabs
Underline character style
Example:
Paragraph Indent 12 pt
1st line indent -12 pt
Right indent 0 pt
Last line indent 0 pt
1. (tab) (right align tab with underline) (return or soft return)
(tab) (right align tab with underline) (return)
2. (tab) (right align tab with underline) (return)
etc.
HTH
-mt
Edit: for the sub numbers (2.a. etc), change the indent values to make room for the alpha characters as needed.
Set them up as nested paragraph styles to make application easy.
If the rule is not intended to span the width of the text frame, then use Phil's method. Add a tab stop where you want the rule to end, and set a leader (or use the underline character style)

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