#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use 5.010; use Data::Dumper; my $l8 = 3.49; my $l7 = 2; my $subprice = 1.4; my $tprice; $tprice = ($l8/$l7)-$subprice; if ($tprice < 1 && length($tprice) > 4) { print "SPRINTF - $tprice - " . sprintf("%0.18f",$tprice) . "\n"; }