use v5.10; use Inline 'C'; say "At least we have compiled a bit of C code!"; my $ret= "HD3"; my $output = enctypex_msname("HD2", undef); say "Output from enctypex_msname() call: '$output', \$ret is '$ret'"; __END__ __C__ unsigned char *enctypex_msname(unsigned char *name, unsigned char *retname) { static unsigned char msname[256]; unsigned i, c, server_num; if(!name) return(NULL); server_num = 0; for(i = 0; name[i]; i++) { c = tolower(name[i]); server_num = c - (server_num * 0x63306ce7); } server_num %= 20; if(retname) { snprintf(retname, 256, "%s.ms%d.host.com", name, server_num); return(retname); } snprintf(msname, sizeof(msname), "%s.ms%d.host.com", name, server_num); return(msname); }