Perl sprintf Function
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Description
This function uses FORMAT to return a formatted string based on the values in LIST. Essentially identical to printf, but the formatted string is returned instead of being printed.
Syntax
Following is the simple syntax for this function:
sprintf FORMAT, LIST
Return Value
This function returns SCALAR, a formatted text string.
Example
Following is the example code showing its basic usage:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
$text = sprintf("%0d \n", 9);
print "Formated string $text\n";
When above code is executed, it produced following result
Formated string 9