Perl by Example

Chapter 4. Getting a Handle on Printing

When you complete this chapter, you should be able to explain each of the following statements (each statement is an entity unto itself):

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printf "%-10s\t\$%d%10.2f\t%b\t%x\t%o\n", "Jack", 15,15,15,15,15;print 'She cried, "I can\'t help you!"'," \n";$str = sprintf "\$%.2f", $sal;print  qq!\u$name, the local time is !, scalar localtime, "\n";use feature qw(say);say "The sum is ", 5 + 4;say "No more! "

Before we get started, please take note that each line of code, in most of the examples throughout this book, is numbered. The output and explanations are also numbered to match ...