decimal/hex convert to binary(80 bits)

[Yuji]

hi,

may i know how to do some number conversion from hex or decimal to
resultant binary which is 80 bits?

thanks

 

[Matija Papec]

X-Ftn-To: Yuji

may i know how to do some number conversion from hex or decimal to
resultant binary which is 80 bits?

use Math::BigInt;

my $num = Math::BigInt->new("0xffffffffffffffffffff");
print $num->as_bin, "\n";

 

[Yuji]

thanks. so u visit CPAN to find all these library?

 

[Sisyphus]

thanks. so u visit CPAN to find all these library?

Yes - a good place to start a search is at http://search.cpan.org

You should, however, already have Math::BigInt. It's part of the perl core.

Cheers,
Rob