On Oct 29, 8:22 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Julie A. Bolduc) wrote:
> I am trying to format some numbers so single digit numbers are converted to
> 2 digit numbers and here is the code I am working with right now. For some
> reason, the very last number, $b5, ends up as a 3 digit number instead of a
> 2 digit number even if I start it with a single digit number. If I add
> chop($bcol); to the code, it cuts the last digit off but what if I do not
> need to have that happen? I am not exactly new to perl but this has me
> stumped.
>
> print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
> $b1=11;
> $b2=2;
> $b3=5;
> $b4=1;
> $b5=12;
> $bcol=printf("%02d %02d %02d %02d %02d", $b1, $b2, $b3, $b4, $b5);
>
> #chop($bcol);
> print qq($bcol);
>
> Can anyone help?
printf() prints the string to the screen, and returns a true value (1)
if successful.
sprintf() returns the string
You are printing to the screen and storing the result (the 1) in
$bcol, and then printing $bcol. Make up your mind. Either change the
printf() to sprintf() or eliminate $bcol entirely.
Paul Lalli
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