in reply to setting a variable from printf

No but you can from sprintf

 my $val = sprintf "0x" . "%x\n",268438031;

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Re: Re: setting a variable from printf
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 07, 2003 at 13:41 UTC
    ah yes...Thank you!
Re: Re: setting a variable from printf
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 07, 2003 at 13:53 UTC
    one more question,
    Is it possible to pass
    my $dec = sprintf hex('0x10000a0f'), "\n";
    a variable like so:
    my $dec = sprintf hex($hex_val), "\n";
    Thanks again!