It looks as if this way will take all my strings and turn them into floats if possible. Making them $args{length} long. Which is just weird. I mean, I couldnt get it to work. But then again, you're masem, and I'm one4k4. ;)

sub format_text {
        my %args = (@_);

sprintf( "%$args{length}f", $args{string} );
}

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I would post results, but the data is sensitive. (SS#'s, names, and such...)

Hrm, back to said drawing board I go. I was thinking sprintf may help, but wasnt 100% sure. I'm playing around for the rest of the afternoon anyway, so I might as well learn somethin'.

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In reply to Re: Re: (golf)String Concats or: playing with substr() by one4k4
in thread (golf)String Concats or: playing with substr() by one4k4

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