#!/usr/bin/perl -wl use strict; use Inline C => <<'END_C'; SV* GenerateSessionID() { char uuid[16]; // buffer // fill buffer, i.e. mimic your XSessionID() int i; for (i=0; i<16; i++) { uuid[i] = 0xA0 + i; } return newSVpvn(uuid, 16); } END_C my $uuid = GenerateSessionID(); print join ' ', unpack("(H2)*", $uuid);