Gufranul Haque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I am trying to split the each number into an array of charcters
> and then calculating the length of the array
>
> my @digits = split(/\S/, @number[$i])
^
> my @length = @digits
^ these should both be '$'
>
> but som
Gufranul Haque wrote:
>
> Hello all,
Hello,
> I have a series of numbers 20.45,-2.00,45.450,-30.390
>
> 20.45 - length is 5
> -2.00 - length is 4
Why aren't you including the leading minus sign as part of the length?
> I need to calculate the length of each number for formatting purposes.
>
Hi.
I think you have two separate problems here, right?
Gufranul Haque wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a series of numbers 20.45,-2.00,45.450,-30.390
>
> 20.45 - length is 5
> -2.00 - length is 4
>
> I need to calculate the length of each number for formatting purposes.
FIrst you need to decide h
> The issue here is that say I have a number -20.00 (length
> 6). Now I have to split this number into two numbers using a split ratio
> say 0.1.
>
> So now I have two numbers to print -2.00 and -20.00. Now both
> these numbers should be printed in six charcters i.e s-2.00 and
> -20.00 (s de
Gufranul,
Why not just use sprintf()? That should be much easier than doing it yourself.
perldoc -f sprintf
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