decimal point

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Re: decimal point by ehdonhon (Curate) on Feb 12, 2002 at 19:04 UTC
You want to take a look at printf. I believe the specific format you are looking for is "%0.2f" UPDATE:I accidentally said 0.2d, I meant 0.2f but already clicked on submit. Thought I could fix it before anybody saw it, but ovid was too fast for me. :)	[reply]
(Ovid) Re(2): decimal point by Ovid (Cardinal) on Feb 12, 2002 at 19:07 UTC
Close. `%0.2f`. `perl -e '$x=80.03723;printf "%0.2f", $x'` [download] Cheers, Ovid Update: For those who may be confused, ehdonhon originally had "%0.2d", instead of "%0.2f". My reply looks a bit odd without that context. Update 2: It seems I made my original post before ehdonhon fixed `/h(is\|er)/` node. Then, I made made my update before seeing ehdonhon's update, thus, my update looks confusing in light of the other update. Sigh. I guess we'll play ping-pong with the updates :) Join the Perlmonks Setiathome Group or just click on the the link and check out our stats.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: decimal point by rob_au (Abbot) on Feb 13, 2002 at 00:18 UTC
In addition to the direct answers to your question above from ehdonhon and Ovid, I would just like to add a link through to the excellent tutorial on the printf function by reptile here - Its an excellent overview of the function and how to use it and should answer any further questions or concerns that you have with this function. `perl -e 's&&rob@cowsnet.com.au&&&split/[@.]/&&s&.com.&_&&&print'`	[reply]
Re: decimal point by Bishma (Beadle) on Feb 13, 2002 at 04:59 UTC
If you want to do anything with the numbers besides print them right to the screen, you can use sprintf like so: `$two_decimal_number = sprintf "%0.2f", $x;` [download] then the variable $two_decimal_number will contain the number in the format you're looking for. You can then print it or manipulate it or whatever.	[reply] [d/l]