From Digest1:

This is the most compact form, but it is not well suited for printing or embedding in places that can't handle arbitrary data.

Consider using sha256_base64, or stick with sha256_hex:

#! perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Digest::SHA qw(sha256_hex sha256_base64);

my $data1 = '0123456789ABCDEF';
my $data2 = 'FEDCBA9876543210';

my $digest1 = sha256_hex   ($data1 . $data2);
my $digest3 = sha256_base64($data1 . $data2);

print "This is a hexdigest->"    . $digest1, "\n";
print "This is a base64digest->" . $digest3, "\n";

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Output:

This is a hexdigest->b4a5e0ad9fce13bf90bcb09147ba9200431389e28fa40eaa2
+a0dcd41d6544470
This is a base64digest->tKXgrZ/OE7+QvLCRR7qSAEMTieKPpA6qKg3NQdZURHA

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What output format do you need?

1 Referencing Digest, because SHA says: “The programming interface is easy to use: it’s the same one found in CPAN’s Digest module.”

Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum

In reply to Re: Digest sha256 returns gibberish by Athanasius
in thread Digest sha256 returns gibberish by invalid_logic

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