in reply to sprintf the last 2 digits

Just another way to do it:
perl -le '$_=shift;print((split//)[-2,-1])' 2003 perl -le 'print((split//,shift)[-2,-1])' 2003

Hopes
perl -le '$_=$,=q,\,@4O,,s,^$,$\,,s,s,^,b9,s,$_^=q,$\^-]!,,print'