> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Gaffney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 3:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: printf? RE: help building hash on-the-fly? > > > I'm going to venture a guess here. Its probably because he > needed the number printed as a > 3-digit number padded with zeroes, which print can't do.
To pad with zeroes, use %03d. %3d pads with spaces. -Mark > > McMahon, Chris wrote: > > Hi Wags... > > So now an idle style question, if you don't mind... > > > > This syntax seems pretty obscure to me (I had to look > up what printf > > was doing): > > > > printf "%3d $file\n", $MyId++; > > > > It's efficient and all, but isn't this more readable > for the same > > number of characters? > > > > print "$MyId $file\n"; > > $MyId++; > > > > I just wondered why you like printf in this circumstance. > > -- > Andrew Gaffney > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
