Re^2: converting large hex values

Thanks - ..at a command line when I enter the following: >perl -Mbignum=a,50 -le 'print 0xbe91cfb586466d02'...it returns: 13731985117378145538 (exactly the value I want). The Perl script I'm running has at the top the following line: #!/fs/COTS/gnu/bin/AIX/perl - followed by the rest of the source code. I'm now wondering how I can introduce the "-Mbignum" statement into the source code in order to get the precision I'm looking for - any ideas? ..thanks

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Re^3: converting large hex values by toolic (Bishop) on Jul 30, 2009 at 13:37 UTC
The simplest thing to try is (as suggested by bignum): `#!/fs/COTS/gnu/bin/AIX/perl use bignum;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: converting large hex values by Spooky (Beadle) on Jul 30, 2009 at 14:04 UTC
..unfortunately, simply using the "use bignum" still didn't produce the precision that the "Mbigum=a,50" produced - I'll continue to try different options....	[reply]
Re^5: converting large hex values by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 30, 2009 at 14:49 UTC
`-Mbigum=a,50` is actually `use bignum a => 50;`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: converting large hex values by Spooky (Beadle) on Jul 30, 2009 at 15:53 UTC
Re^7: converting large hex values by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 30, 2009 at 16:10 UTC
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Re^7: converting large hex values by Spooky (Beadle) on Jul 30, 2009 at 15:58 UTC