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perlfunc:oct

by gods (Initiate)
on Aug 24, 1999 at 22:42 UTC ( [id://261]=perlfunc: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

oct

See the current Perl documentation for oct.

Here is our local, out-dated (pre-5.6) version:


oct - convert a string to an octal number



oct EXPR

oct



Interprets EXPR as an octal string and returns the corresponding value. (If EXPR happens to start off with 0x, interprets it as a hex string instead.) The following will handle decimal, octal, and hex in the standard Perl or C notation:

    $val = oct($val) if $val =~ /^0/;

If EXPR is omitted, uses $_. This function is commonly used when a string such as 644 needs to be converted into a file mode, for example. (Although perl will automatically convert strings into numbers as needed, this automatic conversion assumes base 10.)


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