Re: Question on the function - hex

On 12-04-12 04:34 PM, Parag Kalra wrote:
> Why does the output of
> perl -e "print hex '0x00001600000402'"
>
> differs from the output of
> perl -e "print hex 0x00001600000402"
>
> EG:
> bash-3.2$ perl -e "print hex '0x00001600000402'"
> 94489281538
>
> $ perl -e "print hex 0x00001600000402"
> 10189963531576
>

$ perl -e "print hex '0x16'"
22
$ perl -e "print hex 0x16"
34
$ perl -e "print hex '22'"
34

When inside quotes, '0x16' is interpreted by hex to be a hex string and 
convert to 22. When outside, perl interprets 0x16 as 22 which is passed 
to hex to produce 34.


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• Question on the function - hex by Parag Kalra
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