Re: printf & sprintf: variable number formats

A simple concat works,

$int = 5; printf "%0" . $int . "i", $myInt;
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it just isn't as pretty. But it also works with constants

use constant COLWIDTH => 5;
$int = 5; printf "%0" . COLWIDTH . "i", $myInt;
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Re: Re: printf & sprintf: variable number formats by duff (Parson) on Jan 06, 2004 at 19:41 UTC
Good point. I should probably have mentioned that very thing about `printf "%0*i", $int, $myint;` too duff	[reply] [d/l]


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