#! /usr/bin/perl -w # experiment with printf use strict; my $num = 0; my $dig = 0; print 'Input a number :'; chomp( $num = ); print 'How many digits would you like after the decimal point ? '; chomp( $dig = ); print "\n"; print 'Original number was '; print "$num \n"; printf("And to $dig, points is "); printf( "%.${dig}f", $num ); print "\n\n";