James Parsons wrote:
> Ok here  go's ,  I'm just starting to Learn Perl  and it's a very slow
> process.
> 
> I have this script the calculates the sum  a bunch of  numbers and
> prints the final number to file, but my problem is I would like the
> number to have a floating  $sign but I'm sure how do this
> 
> Any help would  be great
> 
> 
> Script:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> 
> use strict;
> 
> my $total = 0;
> 
> open(FILE,"/usr/local/logs/pos/dollar_me") || die $!;
> 
> $total += $_ while(<FILE>);
> 
> close(FILE);
> 
> printf ("%7.2f\n",$total);
> 
my $MyLen = length($total);
printf "\$%${MyLen}.2f\n", $total;

Output:
$120.23

Wags ;)


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