Re: Want to Truncate A Number... NOT round it

Maybe something like:

my $n=34.57889;
my $na=substr($n,0,index($n,'.') + 1 + 3);
print "$n $na\n";
__END__
34.57889 34.578
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Note the "3" is for the number of digits after the decimal "." you want to display.

Liz

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Re: Re: Want to Truncate A Number... NOT round it by Anonymous Monk on Feb 11, 2004 at 20:37 UTC
Most Righteous! Exactly what I was looking for ! Thanks!	[reply]
Re^2: Want to Truncate A Number... NOT round it by Siddhartha_90 (Initiate) on May 30, 2014 at 02:17 UTC
Just wanted to let you know that I found this really useful. 10 years late alright!	[reply]