Try sprintf
Just add an 's' in front of your printf and you should
be square.
--- Craig Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need to get 2 digit time and date in a scalar
> when there is only 1 digit.
>
> Eg: Using printf with %02d, I am able to get 05 to
> print at 5 min past the hour.
>
> printf("%02d",$Minute)
>
> I need to assign this output to a scalar variable so
> that I can use it as part of a filename later in the
> code. This is a snippit of what I tried.
>
> $realminute = printf("%02d",$Minute);
> This works but prints the formatted minute. I do
> not want it to print, just assign the scalar with
> two digits.
>
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