Yet one more format question

[dneid]

OK, I really did not want to start a new thread, but......

I got the format problem solved... I explain it in a response to the original post. Now I need to ask how to format a numeric field where the variables are calculated in scientific notation (1.22757131e-03). Using @#.###### results in 0.001227. Using @<<<<<<<<<<<<<< results in 1.22757131e-03. While this works, I can not count on there always being 14 places in the string as some calculations result in longer strings (ie, 2.849274719294e-04) results in 2.849274719294 being printed. If anyone has any ideas they would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Dale

 

[MillerH]

Once again, I don't play with formats, but instead use Perl6::Form.

However, as a worst case solution, you can always use sprintf to explicitly specify your formatting and then simply treat the field as a string.

http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/sprintf.html

- Miller