Re^2: Perl Problems with Digit Precision Changing on the Printf Statement

i mean i want those two lines to output the same OUTPUT to screen. when i run

printf STDOUT ("\n%*s\n", $digitprecision, $value);
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I get 'Use of * in printf format not supported at example.pl line 10'

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Re^3: Perl Problems with Digit Precision Changing on the Printf Statement by tinita (Parson) on Jun 24, 2004 at 15:40 UTC
oh, i'm getting the same output (v5.8.0 linux at the moment). what perl version are you using? regarding `%*s`: i don't know since which perl version it is allowed...	[reply] [d/l]