=over =item $OFMT =item $# The output format for printed numbers. This variable is a half-hearted attempt to emulate B's OFMT variable. There are times, however, when B and Perl have differing notions of what is in fact numeric. The initial value is %.Ig, where I is the value of the macro DBL_DIG from your system's F. This is different from B's default OFMT setting of %.6g, so you need to set "C<$#>" explicitly to get B's value. (Mnemonic: # is the number sign.) Use of "C<$#>" is deprecated. =back