Re^3: what is difference between chr and oct?

No, it's plain stupid. oct("0b".$1) is what you want. eval with a string argument starts the huge perl parser, whereas oct uses much more efficient code that can only convert strings to numbers.

Using a string eval is not needed most of the times, and very often, it opens a security hole. JavaFans code does not open a security hole, because it allows only digits to be passed to eval. But it is still wrong, it should allow only 0 and 1, not all digits. And it does not remove the whitespace.

$string=~s/\s*([01]+)/chr oct "0b$1"/eg;

Alexander

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Re^4: what is difference between chr and oct? by xiaoyafeng (Deacon) on Jul 13, 2010 at 15:04 UTC
Thanks, That means it's sad to say perl5 has no a explicit way to convert number to string each other. sigh! I am trying to improve my English skills, if you see a mistake please feel free to reply or /msg me a correction	[reply]
Re^4: what is difference between chr and oct? by JavaFan (Canon) on Jul 13, 2010 at 15:29 UTC
But it is still wrong, it should allow only 0 and 1, not all digits. Not if the question is the more general Is there a way to convert a string to number explicitly like perl6?. Which was what I was answering.	[reply]