my $raAddress=Math::BigInt->new("0x00000000_01F560C0"); it might just as well have been assigned as: my $raAddress=0x01F560C0; #### my $result=trans::findEAsForGivenRAAndContext($raAddress, $lpid, $pid); #### my @result=trans::findEAsForGivenRAAndContext($raAddress, $lpid, $pid); print $result[0]; # addressCount