use Benchmark qw {:all}; use 5.016; local $| = 1; use POSIX qw /locale_h/; use locale; print POSIX::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC) . "\n"; my $x; $x = sprintf "%.2g", 3.14; print "$x\n"; $x = sprintf ("%.2g", 3.14) =~ y/,/./r; print "$x\n"; $x = sprintf ("%.2g", 3.14) =~ s/,/./r; print "$x\n"; cmpthese ( -3, { sprintf => 'use strict; use warnings; my $x = sprintf ("%.2g", 3.14)', y_sprintf => 'use strict; use warnings; my $x = sprintf ("%.2g", 3.14) =~ y/,/./r', s_sprintf => 'use strict; use warnings; my $x = sprintf ("%.2g", 3.14) =~ s/,/./r', } );