> What is the difference. The only I see is that printf can One difference is printf prints it's output and sprintf returns it';s value.
printf ... my $formatted_goodies = sprintf ... > take a filehandle? But what use would that be. > To format the contents of it. For instance, you might have a user enter a dollar amount from the command line. If you could printf STDIN the you could make sure 123.4567890 came out as $123.46 Just one quick idea.. DMuey > Paul Kraus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
