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Old 11-04-2002
Data Perl and binary workings
Perhaps it's me - maybe I'm dumb and am getting this working solution wrong...

I have a binary value 00000011 in $binVal and I want to print the result in denary, so in perl I did as the perldoc -f oct told me to do and added a 0b prefix as so:
Code:
$binVal = "0b" . $binVal;

then I wanted to print the result, so I did:
Code:
print oct( $binVal );

If my binary calculations are right, I should get "3", instead I get "0" - why? where am I going wrong?

Cheers!
# 2  
Old 11-04-2002
I get 3 .....

Code:
$binVal = "000011";
$binVal = "0b" . $binVal;
print oct($binVal);

Smilie
# 3  
Old 11-04-2002
Which version of Perl are you running? Which Unix?
# 4  
Old 11-04-2002
GNU/Linux 2.4.10
perl 5.8.0

I run the three lines exactly as quoted and got 3.
# 5  
Old 11-04-2002
Ok - this is VERY bizarre!!!

I posted my question from work - where I was using a Win98 box and Perl 5.004 (or similar!)

I've just gotten home and have tried the same code on my FreeBSD box using Perl 5.6.1 and it worked perfectly Smilie

Perhaps it was omitted in the Windows version 5.004? Smilie

Thanks for all your help though Smilie
# 6  
Old 11-04-2002
Quote:
Originally posted by WIntellect
Ok - this is VERY bizarre!!!

I posted my question from work - where I was using a Win98 box and Perl 5.004 (or similar!)

I've just gotten home and have tried the same code on my FreeBSD box using Perl 5.6.1 and it worked perfectly Smilie

Perhaps it was omitted in the Windows version 5.004? Smilie

Thanks for all your help though Smilie
This is what I get on my Win32 machine at work when I tested out the previous code:

Code:
D:\>cat test.pl
$binVal = "000011";
$binVal = "0b" . $binVal;
print oct($binVal);

D:\>test.pl
3
D:\>perl -version

This is perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall

Binary build 633 provided by ActiveState Corp. http://www.ActiveState.com
Built 21:33:05 Jun 17 2002


Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'.  If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page.

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