Re: [MacPerl] Sprintf() huh?

[robinmcf]

Jim Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >This from the same person who just posted, in separate thread: >> follow the 3 golden rules of posting- >> 1] Read the PODs >> 2] Read the PODs >> 3] Read the PODs you were perfectly right Jim though I wasn't asking about time() or localtime() :-), had I done this I would've got half the answer to my question, instead I 1] Read the Camel 2] Read the Cookbook 3] read the PODs Detlef Lindenthal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>pointed out: >This is explained in Shuck -> sprintf: " 0 use zeros, not spaces, >to right-justify" this being one of the few times the Camel says less than the PODs, in either case I can only presume as to why truncating as in 'rounding down' wasn't seen as being necessary or useful enough to implement. Anyway thanks to all who answered