From: Tim Jenness Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 15:31:36 +0000 (-1000) Subject: [DOC PATCH] perlfaq4.pod X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f1808fd1210b0108554ea2a91877cc75afeee658;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git [DOC PATCH] perlfaq4.pod Message-ID: p4raw-id: //depot/perl@13113 --- diff --git a/pod/perlfaq4.pod b/pod/perlfaq4.pod index f602d24..f9f722b 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq4.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq4.pod @@ -136,13 +136,15 @@ functions is that it works with numbers of ANY size, that it is optimized for speed on some operations, and for at least some programmers the notation might be familiar. +=over 4 + =item B Using perl's built in conversion of 0x notation: $int = 0xDEADBEEF; $dec = sprintf("%d", $int); - + Using the hex function: $int = hex("DEADBEEF"); @@ -247,6 +249,7 @@ Using Bit::Vector: The remaining transformations (e.g. hex -> oct, bin -> hex, etc.) are left as an exercise to the inclined reader. +=back =head2 Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?