SPUG: double quotes vs printf
Michael R. Wolf
MichaelRWolf at att.net
Thu Jun 21 23:18:31 PDT 2007
> If one wants to use more detailled format specs (e.g. %8.2f),
> variable expansion doesn't work unless the variable contains the
> formatted string.
Yup! Perhaps you brought up a better example of why I like to separate the
how(presentation) from the what(data)....
my $line_item_fmt = 'Qty: %3d Unit Price: $%7.2f Extended Price:
$%7.2f';
print $line_item_fmt, $qty, $unit_price, $qty * $unit_price;
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Michael R. Wolf
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MichaelRWolf at att.net
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