>>>>> "Adrian" == Adrian Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Adrian> The problem is that $answer returns a value of 1 and not the
Adrian> contents of the printf. I guess I've assigned it
Adrian> incorrectly. the other odd thing is that the -- print
Adrian> "$answer" -- line appears not t be neccesary as the
Adrian> preceding line prints to the screen anyway.
These aren't unrelated. :-) printf() writes to the screen, just as
print() does. Capturing _the return code_ into a variable doesn't
change that; that's what your '1' is - a success code.
Your problems can be easily solved, though. sprintf() returns the
string that printf() would have printed. You can just replace the
printf() call with one to sprintf(), and all should work fine. :)
Hope this helps,
- Chris.
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