c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "print 'perl version: ', $]; ;; my $p = 30; my $n = 1.111111111111111111111111111111; ;; printf qq{%0.{$p}f}, $n; " perl version: 5.014004 Invalid conversion in printf: "%0.{" at -e line 1. %0.{30}f