On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 02:09:43PM +0200, Edwin Steiner wrote: > Edwin Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > We know: Everything between the \F and the next funny character is the > format specifier. This allows extensions to the printf-specifiers:
Cool, Perlish, scary. > Examples: > [snip] > " \F\$6$x" --> $$$$$3 (yes, it's ugly) > [snip] > "\F*20$()" eq ('*' x 20) [...] The Obfuscated Perl Contest people will LOVE this. --Dks