print "print an example of negative zero\n"; my @range = (-0.0000001, -0.000001, -0.00001, -0.0001); foreach my $example (@range) { my $twice = sprintf "%.5f", $example; my $tret = sprintf("rounded float:%7.5f, other:%7.5e",$twice,$twice); print "The Number $example is represented as $tret\n"; }