Re: using printf on specified fields of record

2004-11-17 Thread Joseph Paish
On Wednesday 17 November 2004 09:52, Bob Showalter wrote: > Joseph Paish wrote: > > following is a sample of a record generated by a perl script i have > > written ( i have put each field on a separate line in this email to > > prevent word-wrapping) : > > > > > > 12/05/2003 > > sold > > 8000 > > w

RE: using printf on specified fields of record

2004-11-17 Thread Bob Showalter
Joseph Paish wrote: > following is a sample of a record generated by a perl script i have > written ( i have put each field on a separate line in this email to > prevent word-wrapping) : > > > 12/05/2003 > sold > 8000 > widget1 > 0.055 > 29.95 > 30500 > 0 > 410.05 > -173.655333717579 << change to

using printf on specified fields of record

2004-11-17 Thread Joseph Paish
following is a sample of a record generated by a perl script i have written ( i have put each field on a separate line in this email to prevent word-wrapping) : 12/05/2003 sold 8000 widget1 0.055 29.95 30500 0 410.05 -173.655333717579 << change to 2 decimal places displayed 2225.37658