I am not sure how things changed please see my output 1348 4887.15 -----> this is the line i copy pasted no operation Checking amnt before conversion 4887.15, Checking amnt after rounding 4887.15, Checking amnt after conversion 488715, 488714 i m checking amount before padding, 0000000000488714 i m checking amount after padding, why it

print " Checking amnt before conversion $amt,\n";
        $amt= sprintf("%.2f",$amt);
        print " Checking amnt after rounding $amt,\n";
        $amt = $amt*100;
        print " Checking amnt after conversion $amt,\n";

sub amnt($amn)
{
my $amount=$_[0];
$amount=int($amount);
say  "$amount i m checking amount before padding,\n";
#my $padamnt = sprintf("%016.0f",$amount);---> currently commented to 
+check integer effect.
my $padamnt = sprintf("%016d",$amount);

say  "$padamnt i m checking amount after padding,\n";
 return $padamnt;
}
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