Re^2: Add numbers row by row

Thank you very much! Works great. Where could I learn something about this string?

printf "%-5d %s\n", $tot, $date;
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I don't really understand what's going on.

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Re^3: Add numbers row by row (perldoc) by toolic (Bishop) on Oct 25, 2013 at 14:26 UTC
You're welcome. Where could I learn something about this string? In a variety of places: The "Function Nodelet", which is on the right side near the bottom of the page of my browser here at the Monastery, has a link to the printf docs. I'm not sure if this nodelet is enabled by default. The official documentation is online: printf And it is also at your command prompt: `perldoc -f printf`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Add numbers row by row by LanX (Cardinal) on Oct 25, 2013 at 14:25 UTC
> Where could I learn something about this string? You either type "`perldoc -f`printf" or sprintf into your console ... ... or you check the online docs at http://perldoc.perl.org (but beware of the Perl version) It's also searchable per "duckduckgo: perl printf" or "google: perl printf" or other search machines... Cheers Rolf ( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)	[reply] [d/l]


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