Re: sprintf and print question

2022-09-02 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 9/1/22 23:50, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: On 9/1/22 19:37, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, Is there a cleaner way to do this? $ raku -e 'print( (sprintf "%.4s", "andefghi" ) ~ "\n";)' ande I want to print the first four letter s to STDOUT. -T $ raku -e 'p

Re: sprintf and print question

2022-09-01 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 9/1/22 19:37, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, Is there a cleaner way to do this?     $ raku -e 'print( (sprintf "%.4s", "andefghi" ) ~ "\n";)'     ande I want to print the first four letter s to STDOUT. -T $ raku -e 'printf "%.4s\n", "andefghi";' ande Thank you all! -T

Re: sprintf and print question

2022-09-01 Thread William Michels via perl6-users
Hi Todd, ~$ raku -e '(sprintf "%.4s", "andefghi" ).put;' ande ~$ raku -e 'put (sprintf "%.4s", "andefghi" );' ande If sprintf isn't a requirement, then: ~$ raku -e 'put substr("andefghi", 0..3);' ande HTH, Bill. On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 7:37 PM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users < perl6-us...@perl.or

Re: sprintf and print question

2022-09-01 Thread Andinus via perl6-users
ToddAndMargo via perl6-users @ 2022-09-01 19:37 -07: > Is there a cleaner way to do this? > > $ raku -e 'print( (sprintf "%.4s", "andefghi" ) ~ "\n";)' > ande > > I want to print the first four letter s to STDOUT. You can use substr, | put "andefghi".substr(0, 4) ande signature.as

Re: sprintf and print question

2022-09-01 Thread Norman Gaywood
On Fri, 2 Sept 2022 at 12:37, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users < perl6-us...@perl.org> wrote: > Is there a cleaner way to do this? > > $ raku -e 'print( (sprintf "%.4s", "andefghi" ) ~ "\n";)' > ande > > I want to print the first four letter s to STDOUT. > $ raku -e 'printf "%.4s\n","andef

sprintf and print question

2022-09-01 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, Is there a cleaner way to do this? $ raku -e 'print( (sprintf "%.4s", "andefghi" ) ~ "\n";)' ande I want to print the first four letter s to STDOUT. -T