Re: Left padding a number with zeros: PerlFaq method didn't work for me.

[esskar]

in reply to Left padding a number with zeros: PerlFaq method didn't work for me.

my $len = 10;
print "1: [", sprintf("%${len}s", "*"), "]\n";
print "2: [", sprintf("%*s", $len, "*"), "]\n";

i get what i the say