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Re: round up digits in numbers

by quester (Vicar)
on Dec 05, 2008 at 07:35 UTC ( [id://728209]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to round up digits in numbers

You want the printf function.

For example: 

#! /usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use diagnostics;

my $n=42;
printf "%05d\n", $n;

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See sprintf for details of the first argument to printf.

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