augustpete has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
I am attempting to convert a String Decimal value to Hex, and all I get back are a series of fffff
I am using
printf ("%x\n",$esn)
$esn declared as my $esn and the value is a character string from the Sql select statement.
printng $esn before the conversion - the number's are
24600988483
Comes our as
FFFFFFFF
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