in reply to Re^2: Converting quoted strings to numbers in array
in thread Converting quoted strings to numbers in array

The word oct in my reply was a link. Have you clicked it and read the documentation?

> If EXPR happens to start off with 0x , interprets it as a hex string.

Maybe not the best name for such a function, but that's how it is.

($q=q:Sq=~/;[c](.)(.)/;chr(-||-|5+lengthSq)`"S|oS2"`map{chr |+ord
}map{substrSq`S_+|`|}3E|-|`7**2-3:)=~y+S|`+$1,++print+eval$q,q,a,

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