#! /usr/bin/perl -w use strict; for( 0..9 ) { my $num0 = "1.$_"; my $num1 = "1.0$_"; my $num2 = "1.00$_"; #next three lines were added $num0 -= 1; $num1 -= 1; $num2 -= 1; printf "$num0 => %0.0f $num1 => %0.1f $num2 => %0.2f\n", $num0, $num1, $num2; }