On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 02:27:13PM -0800, Robert G. Werner wrote:
> If you can be sure that slashes will be the delimiters, slit on them
> and then add a '0' if the first two elements are less than 10:
>
> my $date_str = "9/9/1973";
>
> my @date_arr = split("/", $date_str);
>
> for my $i (0 .. 1) {
> $date_arr{$i} = $date_arr{$i} < 10 ? $date_arr{$i} : "0$date_arr{$i};
> }
>
> $date_str = join("/", @date_arr);
>
> Sort of long to type but that would get the job done IMHO.
You people are trying to give me an embolism.
Use sprintf to format numbers.
Maybe if I say it in a variety of languages it'll go over better.
Utilice el sprintf para formatar n�meros
Employez le sprintf pour formater des nombres
Benutzen Sie sprintf, um Zahlen zu formatieren
Usare lo sprintf per formattare i numeri
Use o sprintf formatar n�meros
;)
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