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| author | Tony Cook <tony@develop-help.com> | 2016-02-03 11:35:28 +1100 |
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| committer | James E Keenan <jkeenan@cpan.org> | 2016-02-02 20:49:59 -0500 |
| commit | c95ea6823bf0611c3ce863cdc508a66b52523d34 (patch) | |
| tree | 5740f360c39c7b34d23fd9535e156b96922002d0 /pod/perlfunc.pod | |
| parent | 42d92f4a6420c9e925e441055e97be24645d0a52 (diff) | |
| download | perl-c95ea6823bf0611c3ce863cdc508a66b52523d34.tar.gz | |
Clarify sprintf() handling of + and space flags
Also with contribution by Chas. Owens.
For: RT #125471
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perlfunc.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlfunc.pod | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 1dba05a3fe..126bcb1eaf 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -7167,7 +7167,11 @@ one or more of: For example: printf '<% d>', 12; # prints "< 12>" + printf '<% d>', 0; # prints "< 0>" + printf '<% d>', -12; # prints "<-12>" printf '<%+d>', 12; # prints "<+12>" + printf '<%+d>', 0; # prints "<+0>" + printf '<%+d>', -12; # prints "<-12>" printf '<%6s>', 12; # prints "< 12>" printf '<%-6s>', 12; # prints "<12 >" printf '<%06s>', 12; # prints "<000012>" @@ -7178,7 +7182,7 @@ For example: printf '<%#B>', 12; # prints "<0B1100>" When a space and a plus sign are given as the flags at once, -a plus sign is used to prefix a positive number. +the space is ignored. printf '<%+ d>', 12; # prints "<+12>" printf '<% +d>', 12; # prints "<+12>" |