I am trying to convert a javascript to perl, a silly little utility for password checking (not that I need it to work, I just want to learn how). The section of the script that I am having problems with is
y=3710
v=Math.sqrt(y)
v=parseInt(v,16)

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The place I'm running into trouble is the parseInt(v,16) line. I looked it up on a java script tutorial site but am having trouble finding a similar function in perl, according to the above link, "The parseInt function parses its first argument, a string, and attempts to return an integer of the specified radix (base)".

Can someone point me to where I might be able to find such a beast in perl? (i.e. a way to get 96 from 60.909769331364245)

My apologies if this question has already been asked, but I was unable to locate information about it from the search box.

Edited by dws for title descriptiveness

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