How to use ######.##

oldcity has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

A long time ago I remember seeing use of something like @######.## for formatting. I have hunted til my brain is almost dead. Can someone provide an example of its use. Perl is up to date on Linux Mint 18.1. Thanks oldcity

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Re: How to use ######.## by hippo (Archbishop) on Nov 16, 2017 at 23:48 UTC
perldoc perlform -> Numeric Fields	[reply]
Re^2: How to use ######.## by duff (Parson) on Nov 17, 2017 at 18:49 UTC
There's also Perl6::Form And, yeah, it's seldom used, but that doesn't mean it's not useful :-) duff	[reply]
Re: How to use ######.## by Laurent_R (Canon) on Nov 17, 2017 at 07:18 UTC
This has to do with Perl formats, which I would believe are relatively seldom used nowadays.	[reply]
Re^2: How to use ######.## by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Nov 17, 2017 at 09:35 UTC
are relatively seldom used nowadays hippo and Laurent_R are all correct. Just adding: nowadays most people seem to use sprintf/printf for formatting. Cheers, Sören Créateur des bugs mobiles - let loose once, run everywhere. (hooked on the Perl Programming language)	[reply]