percentage and sprintf

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Re: percentage and sprintf by hippo (Archbishop) on May 14, 2013 at 22:31 UTC
Sure: `my $foo = 0.30; my $bar = sprintf "%2.2i%%", $foo * 100;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: percentage and sprintf by ambrus (Abbot) on May 15, 2013 at 09:44 UTC
That works, but I'd recommend this instead so that the percentage is rounded to an integer rather than truncated. `my $bar = sprintf "%2.0f%%", $foo * 100;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]