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%'s and decimal points

nook6
newbie

Jul 3, 2001, 1:52 PM

Post #1 of 2 (555 views)

%'s and decimal points	Can't Post

HI
I'm new here and i have a problem??

I'm trying to add a percentage into a script I'm writing i have it added in but it is putting a decimal point in with numbers after it is there anyway i can stop that so it only used whole numbers ???

At the moment I'm using percentages like this

my $number = 11;
my $total = ($number * 0.25);
print "$total";

This is just an example but thats the sort of thing I'm using i want it only to count whole numbers though i don't want it decimalized.
i thank you all in advance for your help

mhx
Enthusiast / Moderator

Jul 3, 2001, 2:21 PM

Post #2 of 2 (554 views)

Re: %'s and decimal points [In reply to]	Can't Post

Hi,

you can use the printf function, for example:

Code

my $number = 11; 
my $total = ($number * 0.25); 
printf "%.0f", $total;

This will actually round $total. If you rather want to truncate $total, you can use either

Code

my $number = 11; 
my $total = ($number * 0.25); 
printf "%d", $total;

Code

my $number = 11; 
my $total = int($number * 0.25); 
print $total;

Hope this helps.

-- Marcus

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