HEX

NAME

hex - convert a string to a hexadecimal number

SYNOPSIS

See also the map entry elsewhere in this document for an array composed of the results of the BLOCK or EXPR. hex EXPR

hex

DESCRIPTION

Interprets EXPR as a hex string and returns the corresponding value. (To convert strings that might start with either 0 or 0x see the oct entry in the perlfunc manpage.) If EXPR is omitted, uses $_.

print hex ’0xAf’; # prints ’175’
print hex ’aF’; # same