2008/9/17 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello > > I am sure the answer to this question is very simple. I have a number value > which I am inserting into a string I am building. How can I append the number > into the string so that it will always be 2 characters in length? In other > words if the month is 9, how can I make it appear as "09"? >
I was stuggling with this. Thanx Shawn I had %2d and was reading through sprintf. #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my @nums = (1..12); for (@nums) { printf("%02d\n", $_, 0); } -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/