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| author | Gwyn Judd <b.judd@xtra.co.nz> | 2001-07-18 08:55:58 +1200 |
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| committer | Nick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com> | 2001-07-17 08:04:11 +0000 |
| commit | f39758bfd81602efcc8ca82c9bb02e62fe585396 (patch) | |
| tree | cf32cc7a2cbf94476a7912988f91a9bddeb4defa /pod | |
| parent | 2fba3065d4b7c8eed8cb05e0794258dc03b3486d (diff) | |
| download | perl-f39758bfd81602efcc8ca82c9bb02e62fe585396.tar.gz | |
make printf refer to sprintf
Message-Id: <20010717205558.A3107@thislove>
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@11396
Diffstat (limited to 'pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlfunc.pod | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index fcd6f57ef1..3f86c6aa4d 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -3490,9 +3490,10 @@ you will have to use a block returning its value instead: Equivalent to C<print FILEHANDLE sprintf(FORMAT, LIST)>, except that C<$\> (the output record separator) is not appended. The first argument -of the list will be interpreted as the C<printf> format. If C<use locale> is -in effect, the character used for the decimal point in formatted real numbers -is affected by the LC_NUMERIC locale. See L<perllocale>. +of the list will be interpreted as the C<printf> format. See C<sprintf> +for an explanation of the format argument. If C<use locale> is in effect, +the character used for the decimal point in formatted real numbers is +affected by the LC_NUMERIC locale. See L<perllocale>. Don't fall into the trap of using a C<printf> when a simple C<print> would do. The C<print> is more efficient and less |