cvs commit: perlfaq perlfaq4.pod

cvsuser     02/05/06 06:08:46

  Modified:    .        perlfaq4.pod
  Log:
  How do I convert between numeric representations?
      * added notes on the 0b notation for binary numbers
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.21      +7 -2      perlfaq/perlfaq4.pod
  
  Index: perlfaq4.pod
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  RCS file: /cvs/public/perlfaq/perlfaq4.pod,v
  retrieving revision 1.20
  retrieving revision 1.21
  diff -u -w -r1.20 -r1.21
  --- perlfaq4.pod	7 Apr 2002 18:46:13 -0000	1.20
  +++ perlfaq4.pod	6 May 2002 13:08:46 -0000	1.21
  @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
   =head1 NAME
   
  -perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.20 $, $Date: 2002/04/07 18:46:13 $)
  +perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.21 $, $Date: 2002/05/06 13:08:46 $)
   
   =head1 DESCRIPTION
   
  @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
   optimized for speed on some operations, and for at least some
   programmers the notation might be familiar.
   
  -=item B<How do I convert Hexadecimal into decimal:>
  +=item B<How do I convert hexadecimal into decimal:>
   
   Using perl's built in conversion of 0x notation:
   
  @@ -213,6 +213,11 @@
       $oct = reverse join('', $vec->Chunk_List_Read(3));
   
   =item B<How do I convert from binary to decimal:>
  +
  +Perl 5.6 lets you write binary numbers directly with
  +the 0b notation:
  +
  +	$number = 0b10110110;
   
   Using pack and ord