> Hi, dear colleagues.
> In a script I wish to build a name (string), which consists also an
> countervalue, derived from a loop counter.
> For the small values (0 to 9) shall the string consist the leading zero (00
> .... 09).
> Whats to do?
> At the moment I dont see the solution, so big the door is!
People have suggested using sprintf(), but there is another possibility, as the
following code suggests:
for (my $count = "00"; $count lt "10"; $count++) {
print "name$count\n";
}
See the description of the increment operator in perlop for more details.
--
Eric Amick
Columbia, MD
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