Re: calculating length of a number

2003-03-22 Thread Steve Grazzini
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

Re: calculating length of a number

2003-03-21 Thread John W. Krahn
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. >

Re: calculating length of a number

2003-03-21 Thread Rob Dixon
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

RE: calculating length of a number

2003-03-21 Thread David Olbersen
> 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

Fw: calculating length of a number

2003-03-21 Thread Gufranul Haque
- Original Message - From: "Gufranul Haque" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Olbersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 3:12 PM Subject: Re: calculating length of a number > > > > Hello all, > > > > I have a series of n

RE: calculating length of a number

2003-03-21 Thread David Olbersen
Haque [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 2:50 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: calculating length of a number > > > 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 >

calculating length of a number

2003-03-21 Thread Gufranul Haque
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. I am trying to split the each number into an array of charcters and then calculating the length of the array my @digi