Are you trying to say that we should use sprintf to format numbers?
Because if you are you should just say that so you don't get an
embolism.
;-)
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On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 02:27:13PM -0800, Robert G. Werner wrote:
> > If you can be sure that slashes will be the delimiters, slit on them
> > and then add a '0' if the first two elements are less than 10:
> >
> > my $date_str = "9/9/1973";
> >
> > my @date_arr = split("/", $date_str);
> >
> > for my $i (0 .. 1) {
> > $date_arr{$i} = $date_arr{$i} < 10 ? $date_arr{$i} : "0$date_arr{$i};
> > }
> >
> > $date_str = join("/", @date_arr);
> >
> > Sort of long to type but that would get the job done IMHO.
>
> You people are trying to give me an embolism.
>
> Use sprintf to format numbers.
>
> Maybe if I say it in a variety of languages it'll go over better.
>
> Utilice el sprintf para formatar números
> Employez le sprintf pour formater des nombres
> Benutzen Sie sprintf, um Zahlen zu formatieren
> Usare lo sprintf per formattare i numeri
> Use o sprintf formatar números
>
> ;)
>
>
