First of all, this is my first email to the list, so I apologize if I have
mailed to the wrong address.
I am working on the 3rd practice excercise in chapter 6 of O'Reilly's
'Learning Perl'. The excercise calls for me to use the printf function to
print formatted text. I have been unable to f
> print formatted text. I have been unable to find a comprehensive list
of
> formatting options for use with this function. Does anyone have a
link to
> one?
> Also, how do I access the perl manpages from the command line.
perldoc -f sprintf
perldoc perl
hth
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On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 04:31:52AM -0500, Nathan Smith wrote:
> I have been unable to find a comprehensive list of formatting options for
> use with this function. Does anyone have a link to one?
>From the command-line:
perldoc -f sprintf
or
http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6/pod/func/spr
> "Nathan" == Nathan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Nathan> I am working on the 3rd practice excercise in chapter 6 of O'Reilly's
Nathan> 'Learning Perl'.
Good for you!
Nathan> The excercise calls for me to use the printf function to
Nathan> print formatted text. I have been unable to
Hi Nathan,
Your message delivered to right box.
You can access manpages just by typing
" man perl "
on the command line.
Then you will see some 80 odd man pages.
Now you can go to whatever manpage you want.
eg. for printf function you can go to perlfunctions man page.