note Anonymous Monk I keep<br> http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=Using%20(s)printf()&lastnode_id=954 <br> bookmarked, since it is by far the most helpful s/printf resource I have found to date. <br><br> So: having shmoozed, care to take a question ? -) I have been working with the folks who are rewriting Math::Big[Int|Float], and we have come to a (partial) disagreement. I am of the opinion that zero should be represented, in scientific notation, with exponent == 0; i.e. by something like '0e0'. This belief is at least in part due to the fact that every printf I've encountered renders <br><br> printf '%e\n' 0 <br><br> as something like <br><br> 0.000000e+00 <br><br> Does this representation seem reasonable to you? Is this behavior specified anywhere? <br> TIA, Tom_Roche@ncsu.edu 20519 20519 14