Here's one way:

    my $message = sprintf('%d %s been loaded', $v, $v == 1 ? 'volume h
+as' : 'volumes have')

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Here's a demonstration:

C:\>perl -E "say sprintf('%d %s been loaded', $_, $_ == 1 ? 'volume ha
+s' : 'volumes have') for 0 .. 9"
0 volumes have been loaded
1 volume has been loaded
2 volumes have been loaded
3 volumes have been loaded
4 volumes have been loaded
5 volumes have been loaded
6 volumes have been loaded
7 volumes have been loaded
8 volumes have been loaded
9 volumes have been loaded

C:\>

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Alternatively (simpler):

    my $message = sprintf 'Volumes loaded: %d', $v;

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In reply to Re: sprintf("%ss", ...) by Jim
in thread sprintf("%ss", ...) by v_melnik

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