Hi Dave,
my $amount2 = 00000013625;
As you pointed already. 00000.... is an octal constant
$amount = sprintf("%011d", $amount1 + $amount2);
and: printf "%d" casts to a signed int
unfortunately the printf interface doesn't give a good way to say "deal with this number, whether perl stored it as signed, unsigned, or floating point"
So I guess your best bet is to use: %f though that doesn't give as much precision as %d/%u on some platforms/
HtH -- Regards, Edward WIJAYA SINGAPORE
-- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
