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in thread (golf)String Concats or: playing with substr()

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'.

_14k4 - webmaster@poorheart.com (www.poorheart.com)

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Re: Re: Re: (golf)String Concats or: playing with substr()
by chipmunk (Parson) on May 18, 2001 at 23:37 UTC
    I suspect that Masem meant to use "%s" rather than "%f": sprintf "%${length}s", $string;
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      Or rather:

      sprintf "%${length}.${length}s", $string;

      as it is the number following the dot that gives the maximum field width when using the s. You could also left-justify by throwing a - in after the % if you like.

      --
      I'd like to be able to assign to an luser

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        Thanks for the description!
        sprintf "%-$args{length}.$args{length}s", ${$args{string}};

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        Worked just fine for my application. Now, I'm off to bigger and better things. It is Monday after all.

        _14k4 - webmaster@poorheart.com (www.poorheart.com)
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