use Interpolation '%:$$->$' => sub {sprintf '%'.$_[0], $_[1]};

my $x = 41.758;
my $name = "Jenda";
print "Hello $%{'06d'}{$x} or $%{' 10.5f'}{$x}, $%{'20s'}{$name}, and 
+so forth\n";

$x = 1.7;
$name = "Leaveolus";
print "Hello $%{'06d'}{$x} or $%{' 10.5f'}{$x}, $%{'20s'}{$name}, and 
+so forth\n";

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The need for the singlequotes inside the curlies makes it a little less nice, but I do not see a way around that. OTOH, you can add your own formats by modifying the subroutine in that use statement. Or you can define different interpolations if you like: 

use Interpolation 'S' => sub {
    local $_ = sprintf("%.2f", shift());
    1 while s/^(-?\d+)(\d{3})/$1,$2/;
    '$'.$_;
};
#...
print "And the total price is $S{$Price}.\n";

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In reply to Re: python like named placeholders sprintf ? by Jenda
in thread python like named placeholders sprintf ? by 2xlp

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