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

The above answers are adequate, but I'd like to add that all you have to do is treat the 600 like a string instead of a number. So if you wanted to make a "24 hour" variable, all you'd have to do is something like;

$time = 600;
($time = "0".$time) if ($time < 1000);
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Re: Answer: Is there a way of storing 600 in a scalar as 0600 (24 hour clock style)? by I0 (Priest) on Dec 26, 2000 at 06:39 UTC
what if $time < 100?	[reply]
Re: Answer: Is there a way of storing 600 in a scalar as 0600 (24 hour clock style)? by eg (Friar) on Dec 26, 2000 at 21:50 UTC
Heh. Then, I suppose, the code becomes: `$time = 600; ($time = "0".$time) if ($time < 1000); ($time = "0".$time) if ($time < 100); ($time = "0".$time) if ($time < 10);` [download] p.s. Don't do this -- stick with `sprintf`	[reply] [d/l]