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It's in the docs (Score:2)

by davorg (18)

From "perldoc -f sprintf":

Unlike "printf", "sprintf" does not do what you probably mean when you pass it an array as your first argument. The array is given scalar context, and instead of using the 0th element of the array as the format, Perl will use the count of elements in the array as the format, which is almost never useful.
- Re:It's in the docs (Score:1)
  
  by Mr. Muskrat (4572) <reversethis-{moc ... ta} {tarksum.rm}> on 2004.09.17 15:43 (#34437) Journal
  
  "Perl will use the count of elements in the array as the format, which is almost never useful."
  
  When would that be useful? I can't think of a single case.
  
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  - Re:It's in the docs (Score:2)
    
    by vsergu (505)
    
    To solve some bizarre problem on Fun With Perl?

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