Perl:Convert a Number to a String
There is usually no need to convert between numbers and strings in Perl. Numbers and strings are interchangeable: if you use a number in a place that expects a string (e.g. the concatenation operator "."), it will automatically be converted into a string; conversely, if you use a string in a place that expects a number (e.g. arithmetic operators), it will automatically be converted into a number.
The easy way to do this is to interpolate it in a double-quoted string
The powerful way to do this is to use the sprintf function
Number to String by interpolation
Creating a string
The sprintf function takes a format string and a list of arguments. The format string includes %d spaces where the integers should go or %f places for the floating point numbers.
We can specify the total number of characters to use (the number is right justified in this space). We can specify the number of decimal places to use.
