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in thread help with sprintf

example: Input: (user selects) 
              2          e             -10
       (No. between 0-9) e (No. between 10 and -20)

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I want the output to be 0.0000000002 instead of 2e-10 I hope this helps...

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Re^5: help with sprintf
by psini (Deacon) on Jun 26, 2008 at 18:57 UTC

    If $power is negative, you should define another var equal to -$power.

    Rule One: "Do not act incautiously when confronting a little bald wrinkly smiling man."

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      yeah thats why i updated my post... even then, the numbers after 6 decimal places dont show.
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        Well, this works for me.

        use strict;
use warnings;

my $base=2;
my $power=-12;
my $number = $base * (10**$power);
my $p = abs($power);
my $string=sprintf("%.${p}f", $number);
print $string;

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        Rule One: "Do not act incautiously when confronting a little bald wrinkly smiling man."

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