Text Formatting and Date Strings
Sprintf Basics
Format a number with a fixed number of decimal places.
Sprintf Basics
sprintf_basics.pl
use strict;
use warnings;
my $price = ;
my $formatted = sprintf("%.2f", $price);
my $label = "price=$formatted";
print "raw=$price\n";
print "formatted=$formatted\n";
print "label=$label\n";
use strict;
use warnings;
my $price = ;
my $formatted = sprintf("%.2f", $price);
my $label = "price=$formatted";
print "raw=$price\n";
print "formatted=$formatted\n";
print "label=$label\n";
use strict;
use warnings;
my $price = ;
my $formatted = sprintf("%.2f", $price);
my $label = "price=$formatted";
print "raw=$price\n";
print "formatted=$formatted\n";
print "label=$label\n";
sprintf-basics
`sprintf` returns formatted text without printing immediately.