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authorTim Jenness <tjenness@cpan.org>2001-11-19 05:31:36 -1000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2001-11-20 00:55:25 +0000
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[DOC PATCH] perlfaq4.pod
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@@ -136,13 +136,15 @@ functions is that it works with numbers of ANY size, that it is
optimized for speed on some operations, and for at least some
programmers the notation might be familiar.
+=over 4
+
=item B<How do I convert Hexadecimal into decimal:>
Using perl's built in conversion of 0x notation:
$int = 0xDEADBEEF;
$dec = sprintf("%d", $int);
-
+
Using the hex function:
$int = hex("DEADBEEF");
@@ -247,6 +249,7 @@ Using Bit::Vector:
The remaining transformations (e.g. hex -> oct, bin -> hex, etc.)
are left as an exercise to the inclined reader.
+=back
=head2 Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?