On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 04:57:03PM -0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
Hi,
> How do i solve this
> Say i have an variable $number witch has the integer value of 16.526899874
> I wan to print it formatted like 16.52 (only 2 decimals)
> How do i do this with the basic print "$number"; command?
> Is there an "format string" like ##.##
> ?
> Thanks in advance
You want printf().
my $number = 16.526899874;
printf("%.2f\n", $number);
`perldoc -f sprintf` explains the formatting printf() and sprintf() use.
HTH,
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