#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; print ord('c'), "\n"; #### #!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; printf "%d\n", '1234'; # The entire string is an integer printf "%d\n", '12c3'; # printf stops the format conversion at the first non-integer printf "%d\n", 'c123'; # No characters converted, 0 is returned printf "%d\n", '0c123'; # Conversion stops after first character, 0 is returned