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Jack B. Fraser Senior Technical Architect 1E500 C San Ramon, California 925 824-8209 -----Original Message----- From: $Bill Luebkert [mailto:dbec...@roadrunner.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 5:16 PM To: FRASER, JACK B Cc: activeperl@listserv.ActiveState.com Subject: Re: Printf not working On 10/16/2012 16:32, FRASER, JACK B wrote: > print " Starting program to print out decimal to hex chart \n"; > > @HexD = ('0','1','2','3','4','5,','6','7','8','9','A','B','C','D','E','F'); > > for ($i = 0;$i < 255;$i = $i++) { > > printf("%3S=$HexD[INT($i / 16)]$HexD[$i % 16] ", $i); > > if (($i % 8) == 7) { print"\n" } > > } ALWAYS use: use strict; use warnings; First error: Undefined subroutine &main::INT called at xx.pl line xxx. Change INT to int Second error: Invalid conversion in printf: "%3S" at xx.pl line xxx. Changed %S to %s Third error: It looped due to bad $i increment Changed $i = $i++ to ++$i Fourth error: didn't print 255 Changed 255 to 256 (or add '=' to '<' = '<=') My version (no need for HexD: #!perl -- use strict; use warnings; print "Starting program to print out decimal to hex chart\n"; for (my $ii = 0; $ii < 256; ++$ii) { printf "%3u=%02X ", $ii, $ii; print "\n" if $ii % 8 == 7; } __END__ _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list ActivePerl@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs