in reply to Re^2: convert hex string to hex number
in thread convert hex string to hex number

With perldata. Search for "Scalar value constructors". Your 0x10 is a numeric literal.

--shmem

_($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo.  G°\        /
                              /\_¯/(q    /
----------------------------  \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."·
");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}