If you want to know how conversion of numbers to a string works, try this: 
$num = 1234567;
$result = "";
$base = 2;
do {
    use integer;
    my $digit = $num % $base;
    substr($result, 0, 0) = $digit; # for any number < 10
    $num /= $base;
} while $num;
print $result;

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If you like fixed width output, add enough zeros to the front, afterwards: 
substr($result, 0, 0) = "0" while length($result) < 32;

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If you want to play with $base > 10, for example hexadecimal , try: 

$num = 1234567;
$base = 16;
$result = "";
my @digit = (0 .. 9, 'A' .. 'Z');
do {
    use integer;
    my $digit = $num % $base;
    substr($result, 0, 0) = $digit[$digit]; # for base up to 36
    $num /= $base;
} while $num;
print $result;

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Note that the do { ... } while $num; construct makes the loop execute at least once, so you get a proper result for zero.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Why does it return 0? by bart
in thread Why does it return 0? by mAineAc

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