c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -MO=Deparse,-p -e "print 'Enter decimal number less than 256: '; my $decimal; $decimal=; chomp $decimal; print $decimal & 128 <=> 0; print $decimal & 64 <=> 0; print $decimal & 32 <=> 0; print $decimal & 16 <=> 0; print $decimal & 8 <=> 0; print $decimal & 4 <=> 0; print $decimal & 2 <=> 0; print $decimal & 1 <=> 0; " BEGIN { $^W = 1; } use strict 'refs'; print('Enter decimal number less than 256: '); my($decimal); ($decimal = ); chomp($decimal); print(($decimal & 1)); print(($decimal & 1)); print(($decimal & 1)); print(($decimal & 1)); print(($decimal & 1)); print(($decimal & 1)); print(($decimal & 1)); print(($decimal & 1)); -e syntax OK