Actually, the % is there in my program, I forgot to type it in the e-mail....With or without it, the result ends up being ".0f".... I think I have 5.6.0, that might be the problem....
.-. --.. -----Original Message----- From: Charles K. Clarkson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 10:27 AM To: Zielfelder, Robert; 'Perl Beginners List (E-mail)' Subject: RE: Rounding of floating point numbers Zielfelder, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : : I am trying to figure out why the following doesn't work the : way I would expect it to: : : $var1 = 1.5; : $var2 = sprintf(".0f", $var1); I think you meant sprintf("%.0f", $var1). Note the added '%'. printf '%.0f', 1.5; # works as you expect on perl 5.6.1 and up. Perhaps there is something else is affecting the value of $var2. HTH, Charles K. Clarkson -- Head Bottle Washer, Clarkson Energy Homes, Inc. Mobile Home Specialists 254 968-8328 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
