use List::Util qw(sum); my ($FreqP, $FreqN, $FreqZ) = map {int rand 41600} 0..2; my $Sum = sum($FreqP, $FreqN, $FreqZ); printf ( "Freq(Z+): %16d\n" , $FreqP) ; printf ( "Freq(Z-): %16d\n" , $FreqN) ; printf ( "Freq(0): %16d\n" , $FreqZ) ; printf ( "Total: %19d\n" , $Sum) ; #### Freq(Z+): 32571 Freq(Z-): 25729 Freq(0): 9025 Total: 67325 #### printf ( "Freq(Z+): %016d\n" , $FreqP) ;