John W. Krahn wrote: > > Strings like '%1\$s16->' are not valid sprintf/printf formats. What > does your data look like and what do you expect it to look like after > using sprintf?
>From perldoc -f sprintf: > format parameter index > An explicit format parameter index, such as "2$". By default > sprintf will format the next unused argument in the list, > but this allows you to take the arguments out of order, > e.g.: > > printf '%2$d %1$d', 12, 34; # prints "34 12" > printf '%3$d %d %1$d', 1, 2, 3; # prints "3 1 1" Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
