Go buy, beg, borrow or steal ;-) 'Learning Perl'. It is the *best* introductory programming book yet written. Not that I am biased or anything...
"James Parsons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 725FADC37060D6118A02000255477DC00152FE8F@ETR_NT4">news:725FADC37060D6118A02000255477DC00152FE8F@ETR_NT4... > Ok here go's , I'm just starting to Learn Perl and it's a very slow > process. > > I have this script the calculates the sum a bunch of numbers and prints > the final number to file, but my problem is I would like the number to have > a floating $sign but I'm sure how do this > > Any help would be great > > > Script: > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > > use strict; > > my $total = 0; > > open(FILE,"/usr/local/logs/pos/dollar_me") || die $!; > > $total += $_ while(<FILE>); > > close(FILE); > > printf ("%7.2f\n",$total); > > > The number comes out as 120.23 instead of $120.23.. > > > Thanks > James Parsons. > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
