Re: fractional cents
John Douglas Porter <[email protected]>
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"A. Pagaltzis" <[email protected]> wrote: > It's not shorter or more obvious I'm afraid, just a little more > correct. The trouble I'm having with this problem is knowing what is "correct". It seems to me that the precision desired should depend on context, and nothing else. And that being the case... printf $fractional_cents ? '%7.3f' : '%7.sf', $amt; irrespective of the value of $amt. Why is this not right? -- John Douglas Porter __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash