DB<17> p 0x05/0x10
0.3125

  DB<18> p int(0x05/0x10)
0

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  DB<25> p int(0x05/"\x10")
Illegal division by zero at (eval 33)[C:/Perl_64/lib/perl5db.pl:646] line 2.


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  DB<31> p "05"/"16" # strings with decimal(!) numbers
0.3125

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  DB<27> p ord("\x10")
16

  DB<28> p "\x10"
&#9658;                           # not a number, hence 0

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  DB<1> p ord("1")
49

  DB<2> p ord("\x31")
49

  DB<3> p 0 + "\x31"          # string = "1" looks like number
1

  DB<4> p 5 / "\x31\x36"      # string = "16" looks like number
 0.3125