On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 03:26:09AM -0500, Tanton Gibbs wrote: > Dave Storrs wrote > > best solution. I just wish there were some way to get away from those > > dratted sprintf format strings. > > Well, for the general case, you could create convienence functions that > handle getting the correct format > > sub hex { return "%x"; } > > print "\$i is $i.as($(hex))" > [snip]
Hmm...good suggestion; that does make me rather happier. Thanks! --Dks