in reply to Re^3: Strip first name from string
in thread Strip first name from string

hi hippo,
..it's more perplexing why you used print sprintf instead of just printf. What am I missing here?..

Apart from printf doc. stating that printf and print sprintf(FORMAT, LIST) are equivalent. Atleast it's obvious from the usage of sprintf that one wants a formatted string.

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