#!/usr/bin/env perl use 5.016; use warnings; use Benchmark 'cmpthese'; use POSIX 'locale_h'; say POSIX::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC); say sprintf('%.2g', 3.14); say sprintf('%.2g', 3.14) =~ s/\./,/r; say sprintf('%.2g', 3.14) =~ y/./,/r; cmpthese 0 => { sprintf => sub { my $str = sprintf('%.2g', 3.14); return $str; }, y_sprintf => sub { my $str = sprintf('%.2g', 3.14) =~ y/./,/r; return $str; }, s_sprintf => sub { my $str = sprintf('%.2g', 3.14) =~ s/\./,/r; return $str; }, };