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($num) = $num =~ m#20(\d)#; ($num) = sprintf("%02d",$num);

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Re^2: anyway to combine these two steps?
by dsheroh (Monsignor) on Jan 19, 2010 at 08:43 UTC
    ; separates statements. Putting two statements onto the same line does not make them a single statement any more than writing this as
    ($num)
 = 
$num
 =~ 
m#20(\d)#;
($num)
 = 
sprintf(
 "%02d",
 $num
);

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    makes it 11 statements.
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