Thanxs!
I was thinking I had to use a float
> -Original Message-
> From: Brett W. McCoy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 11:35
> To: Yacketta, Ronald
> Cc: Beginners (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: help with printf formatting please
>
&g
On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Yacketta, Ronald wrote:
> I do not get the 0 as in 09 , 08, 07 ,06 etc..
>
> what could I do to ensure that the $sec is _always_ 2 digits?
Precede your format specifier with 0#:
~$ perl -e 'printf("%02d\n", 6);'
06
~$ perl -e 'printf("%03d\n", 6);'
006
-- Brett
