How do I convert from decimal to hexidecimal?

[Anonymous Monk]

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[jmcnamara]

Use the X, x and # format codes in printf and sprintf:


    $num = 15;

    printf("%X\n",     $num);   # F
    printf("%x\n",     $num);   # f
    printf("%02x\n",   $num);   # 0f
    printf("%#x\n",    $num);   # 0xf
    printf("0x%02x\n", $num);   # 0x0f

The last example is excessive but it forces formatting for zero:

    printf("%#x\n",    0);      # 0
    printf("0x%02x\n", 0);      # 0x00

[tye]

sprintf "%x", $num;

[line_noise]

Alternatively, to get the hex in a variable:



$octet = 192;

$out = pack "c", $octet;
$hex = unpack "H2", $out;

Edited by davido: Added code tags.