AFAIK perl will handle up to 15 (14 to be exact) precision without any
helpers like Math::BigFloat. Then you just use sprintf ('%.Xf', $var) where
X is the precision you want. Keep in mind that standard rounding is enforced
(.4 - .5 as breakpoint)
Peter
> Hello,
>
> My goal is to divide two whole numbers and get the results to a given
> number of decimals.
>
> $ perl -e 'print 2/3,"\n";'
> 0.666666666666667
> $
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
>
> use strict;
> use warnings;
> use Math::BigFloat;
> use Data::Dumper;
>
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