>>>>> "Tanton" == Tanton Gibbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Tanton> To change from decimal to octal, you can use sprintf with a %o format string
Tanton> my $val = sprintf( "%o", 8 );
Tanton> print $val;
Tanton> 10
No, this changes from a *number*, which you have typically typed
in decimal, to an octal string representation. Compare yours
with this:
my $val = sprintf "%o", 010;
There. It's converting "octal to octal", using your incorrect language!
013 is a *number*, exactly the same number as 11 or 0xB or 0b1011,
using the Perl numeric literals. None of them are "decimal".
The act of rendering a number to text defaults to decimal strings,
hence your (common) confusion.
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