Re^3: using format twice

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Re^4: using format twice by zer (Deacon) on Apr 05, 2006 at 06:05 UTC
which data type is that?	[reply]
Re^5: using format twice by GrandFather (Saint) on Apr 05, 2006 at 07:29 UTC
`%s` is a string format specification. The format specification matches `/%([+-0#]? \d+ (.\d+)) ([bcdefginopsuxDEFGOUX])/x`. Possibly most interesting to you are that a - left justifies in a field. The first digit group specifies the field width (minimum width for strings) and the second digit group is decimal digits for floats, minimum field width for integers and maximum field width for strings. The flags most likely of interest to you are 'd' or 'i' (integer), 'f' (float) and 's' (string). DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: using format twice by zer (Deacon) on Apr 05, 2006 at 16:46 UTC
ya the only problem is if you port it to C it isnt going to function as it requires an integer type.long long type to be specific, but it isnt working on my system so hence the perl	[reply]