* Quantum Mechanic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-04-19 23:09]:
> --- "A. Pagaltzis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > my $amt_str = sprintf "%7.3f", $amt;
> > for($amt_str) { chop if /\.\d\d0\z/ }
>
> Why would you do "for..chop" when you could do "s///"?
> You're using an re either way?
>
> ;)
>
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> Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of
Because I think
chop if /\.\d\d0\z/;
is clearer to read than
s/(?<=\.\d\d)0\z//;
or even (yuck!)
s/(\.\d\d)0\z/$1/;
The last one is even semantically different, even though it does
the same thing.
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Regards,
Aristotle
"If you can't laugh at yourself, you don't take life seriously enough."
