Re: Is there a way of storing 600 in a scalar as 0600 (24 hour clock style)?

sprintf('%04d', 600);

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Re: Answer: Is there a way of storing 600 in a scalar as 0600 (24 hour clock style)? by lemming (Priest) on Dec 26, 2000 at 23:21 UTC
This way works, but you'll want to be careful with this method. `sprintf("%04s %04s %04s", 600, "0600", 0600);` [download] Results in: "0600 0600 0384" Octal can get you.	[reply] [d/l]