Big Int to hex with 5.6

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Re: Big Int to hex with 5.6 by stajich (Chaplain) on Dec 12, 2004 at 20:16 UTC
If you are using the Math::BigInt module call `$x->as_hex();` as it says in the module documentation.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Big Int to hex with 5.6 by ZlR (Chaplain) on Dec 12, 2004 at 20:39 UTC
Well apparently not with win32 5.6 : `#!perl use strict ; use warnings; my $bignum = Math::BigInt->new('1111111111111111111111111'); $bignum->as_hex(); print $bignum ;` [download] gives : `Can't locate object method "new" via package "Math::BigInt" (perhaps y +ou forgot to load "Math::BigInt"?) at t.pl line 4.` [download] as_hex is not in the doc, either, but i indeed saw it with 5.8	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Big Int to hex with 5.6 by ysth (Canon) on Dec 12, 2004 at 20:50 UTC
There's an important clue in the error message: you need to `use Math::Bigint;` (or `use bigint;`). But if you aren't already doing that, what do you mean by a "bigint number"? Oh, I see; you perhaps are using the ancient decrepit perl4-ish bigint.pl; you are strongly advised to install a new version of Math::BigInt (which I believe includes a bigint.pm module also) which has scads of bug fixes and use it instead. You also should be doing `print $bignum->as_hex();`; just calling it in void context doesn't do anything.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Big Int to hex with 5.6 by ZlR (Chaplain) on Dec 12, 2004 at 22:05 UTC
Re^5: Big Int to hex with 5.6 by ysth (Canon) on Dec 12, 2004 at 23:29 UTC
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Re^3: Big Int to hex with 5.6 by stajich (Chaplain) on Dec 12, 2004 at 21:19 UTC
So you are using an older version of the module, you should upgrade the module if you want this functionality.	[reply]
Re^4: Big Int to hex with 5.6 by ZlR (Chaplain) on Dec 12, 2004 at 22:26 UTC
Re^5: Big Int to hex with 5.6 by ysth (Canon) on Dec 12, 2004 at 23:36 UTC
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Re^3: Big Int to hex with 5.6 by ZlR (Chaplain) on Dec 12, 2004 at 20:42 UTC
err, sorry ! Here it is : `#!perl use strict ; use warnings; use Math::BigInt ; my $bignum = Math::BigInt->new('1111111111111111111111111'); $bignum->as_hex(); print $bignum ;` [download] gives `Can't locate object method "as_hex" via package "Math::BigInt" (perhap +s you forgot to load "Math::BigInt"?) at t.pl line 6.` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]