Noob question: How to do number formatting?

[Ben Johnson]

I searched the documentation and everything and can't find a simple
method for number formatting. Any links?

thanks for your help.

 

[Timothy Hunter]

I searched the documentation and everything and can't find a simple
method for number formatting. Any links?

thanks for your help.

Use ri to look up printf, sprintf, and String#%

 

[Chris Gehlker]

I searched the documentation and everything and can't find a simple
method for number formatting. Any links?

Do you know how C formatting works? The Ruby printf methods work the
same way. The details are given with:
ri Kernel#sprintf

 

[Thorsten Haude]

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Hi,

* Ben Johnson wrote (2006-08-22 06:27):

I searched the documentation and everything and can't find a simple=20
method for number formatting. Any links?

Something like this?

http://www.rubycentral.com/ref/ref_m_kernel.html#sprintf


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