At 10.54 -0500 1999.01.08, Ronald J. Kimball wrote: > $diff = sprintf "%+0.4d", $diff; # add sign, leading zero(es) I never knew + in sprintf there would add a sign. Learn something new every day. -- Chris Nandor mailto:pudge@pobox.com http://pudge.net/ %PGPKey = ('B76E72AD', [1024, '0824090B CE73CA10 1FF77F13 8180B6B6']) ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch