You only use printf() if you are trying to format the output to the screen or a file. In most cases Luke's suggestion of using sprintf() is the way to go.
-----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JeeBee Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 2:13 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: Equal length ID numbers Yeps, use the printf function, something like this: $ perl -e 'printf("%04d\n", 1);' 0001 JeeBee. On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:42:46 +0100, Andrej Kastrin wrote: > Hi all, > > Suppose that we have numbers 1 to 1000 and we want all numbers be equal > lengh; e.g.: <snip> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
