Works fine for me with the proper quoting.

$ echo -n joe.smith@aol.com | sha256sum
4d1612632ab95a0dec3d27f521d2b91cabe9e72a6b1ecdb8784e1ed6f3a93604  -
$ perl -MDigest::SHA=sha256_hex -E 'say sha256_hex(q/joe.smith@aol.com
+/)'
4d1612632ab95a0dec3d27f521d2b91cabe9e72a6b1ecdb8784e1ed6f3a93604

[download]

Your problem is that you are using double quotes which interpolate and using neither strict nor warnings which would have drawn your attention to the undeclared and uninitialised array.

$ perl -wE 'use Digest::SHA "sha256_hex"; say sha256_hex("joe.smith@ao
+l.com")'
Possible unintended interpolation of @aol in string at -e line 1.
Name "main::aol" used only once: possible typo at -e line 1.
4ea2142392947d467539285b3c6e98f073d9d85910f2a1d535f86a95358ab9dd
$ perl -Mstrict -wE 'use Digest::SHA "sha256_hex"; say sha256_hex("joe
+.smith@aol.com")'
Possible unintended interpolation of @aol in string at -e line 1.
Global symbol "@aol" requires explicit package name (did you forget to
+ declare "my @aol"?) at -e line 1.
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.

[download]

Always use strict and warnings. Always.

🦛

In reply to Re^4: Perl SHA256 by hippo
in thread Perl SHA256 by BOK_NEPA

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.