Build the line with one line one element printf statements, not a long template and a long argument list. It will be more readable, more maintainable, easy to comment and likely runs faster. After all, output is a stream, so throw the pieces into the stream one at a time. Here is a fragment of JAVA I wrote recently:
Last edited by DGPickett; 03-06-2013 at 04:18 PM..
Hello,
I am trying to output the values in an array to a file. The output needs to be formated such that each array value is left jusified in a field 8 character spaces long. Also, no more than 6 fields on a line. For example:
@array= 1..14;
Needs to be output to the file like so:
1 ... (4 Replies)
Here is the code I'm using
{
printf("%11d %4.2f\% %4.2f\%\n", $1,$2,$3);
}
I want the output to look something like
1235415234 12.24% 52.46%
Instead it looks something like
319203842 42.27\%4.2f\%
How do I just print a "%" without awk or printf thinking I'm trying to do... (1 Reply)
Hi All,
Can anybody tell me why is there a "0" in my output of $date_today ?
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
$date_today = system "date '+%y%m%d'";
print "$date_today\n";
Output:
$ perl test4
080908
0 (3 Replies)
Hello,
I wrote a script that does lot of things, and I would like to change the format of a number but without printing it now (so I don't want to use printf as it will print the value immediately).
Schematically here is what I have:
awk 'BEGIN{number=0.01234567}
$1==$2{$3=number}... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I am new to unix , I have a requirement for formating the input file and generate the output file as per the downstream requirement ..
My application receiving a text input file having 4 field and my application need to check each field and if some value of a field is blank ..then it need... (1 Reply)
I want to print a string say "str1 str2 str3 str4" using printf.
If I try printing it using printf it is printing as follows.
output
-------
str1
str2
str3
str4
btw I'm working in AIX.
This is my first post in this forum :)
regards,
rakesh (4 Replies)
I have a print file taken from the print spooler and I want to delete all the formatting leaving only the text. If you vi the file it shows "\304\304 ...." which translates into a printed line on print output.
I need to be able to edit and pass this file to another process
Thnaks (10 Replies)
Hi ,
I am facing error in perl
when I assign a below query in a varibale $query because of new line charchters
$query=
SELECT XYZ
, ABC
, c2
, c3
, c4
FROM t1
how can i get rid of new line charchters with out changing the... (2 Replies)