my @a; $a[0] = 5; $a[1] = 2; for(my $n=0;$n < scalar(@a); $n++) { $b[$n] = sprintf("%.2f", $a[$n]; } print "$b[0] : $b[1]\n"; #### my @a; $a[0] = 5; $a[1] = 2; $b[0] = sprintf("%.2f", $a[0]; $b[1] = sprintf("%.2f", $a[1]; print "$b[0] : $b[1]\n";