RE: sprintf and wanting NO leading zero on a decimal less than 1( ie, .15 prints as .15 and not 0.15)

[Hanson, Rob]

> I am trying to get .15 and end up with 0.15.

I don't believe that ".15" is a valid floating point value, I think there
always has to be at least one digit to the left of the decimal... so the "f"
format won't help.

Using a regex might be the easiest way to solve the problem since I don't
know that sprintf will help you here.

$val = sprintf("%.2f", $val);
$val =~ s/^0//;

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Wagner, David --- Senior Programmer Analyst --- WGO
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Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 1:09 PM
To: Beginner Perl
Subject: sprintf and wanting NO leading zero on a decimal less than
1(ie, .15 prints as .15 and not 0.15)

        I am trying to get .15 and end up with 0.15.  I have tried a number
of combinations of sprintf and %f. 

        sprintf "%.2f"
        sprintf "%2.2f"
        sprintf "% .2f"
        sprintf "% 2.f"

        and I always get a 0.15.

        Do I just remove with a regex or am I missing something?

        Running on w2k and AS 5.6.0 Build 623.

        Thanks.

Wags ;)



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